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Bambara

Also known as bm, Bambara language, Masaba script, Bamana, Bamanankan

western African language spoken in Mali, with SVO structure and two lexical tones

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Bambara is a language spoken in Mali in western Africa that follows a subject-verb-object sentence structure and uses two distinct tones to distinguish word meanings. It is significant as a major language of the region and represents the linguistic diversity of West Africa.

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Wikimedia language code: bm
native label: Bamanankan
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 4200000
Commons category: Bambara language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BAM
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Bambara, also known as Malian, Bamana (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲) or Bamanankan (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲; Arabic script: بَمَنَنكَن), is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 14 million people, natively by 4.2 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language users. It is estimated that about 80 percent of the population of Mali speak Bambara as a first or second language. It has a subject–object–verb clause structure and two lexical tones.