Bambara language
Bambara (ISO 639-3 code bam) is a language of the Mande family spoken in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, and Senegal. It has about 14,000,000 speakers.
Bambara dictionary: 694 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Bambara dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | bam |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | bamb1269 |
| Family | Mande |
| Area | Africa |
| Countries | Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal |
| Speakers (estimate) | 14,000,000 |
Related languages
Other Mande languages, nearest first.
- Dyula12,000,000 speakers
- Koro (Côte d'Ivoire)40,000 speakers
- Zialo25,000 speakers
- Kagoro15,000 speakers
- Bankagooma6,000 speakers
- Jeri Kuo1,500 speakers
- Sininkere6,000 speakers
- Shanga5,000 speakers
- Jalkunan600 speakers
More about Bambara
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.