ISO 639-3 · bambam
Niger–Congo family
Bambara
Bamanankan
Bambara is a language of the Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mali and Ivory Coast. Wikidata counts 4.2 m first-language speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “western African language spoken in Mali, with SVO structure and two lexical tones”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bam- ISO 639-1
bm- Glottocode
bamb1269- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Centre point
- 13.00, -8.00
- Wikipedia
- 84 language editions
4.2 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
4scripts
2levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bambara · Bamanankan |
|---|---|
| Also called | bm, Bambara language, Masaba script, Bamana, Bamanankan |
| L1 speakers | 4,200,000 (2012) |
| Written in | Masaba, Latin script, N’ko, Ajami script |
| Official in | Mali |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Bambara
The branches above Bambara, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Mali
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalfulFulaNiger–Congo · 24 mSafemosMooréNiger–Congo · 7.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationfucPulaarNiger–Congo · 4.5 m5 · DevelopingmeyHassaniya ArabicAfroasiatic · 3.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtmhTuaregAfroasiatic · 1.2 mVulnerablettqTahouaAfroasiatic · 640,0006a · VigoroustaqTamasheqAfroasiatic · 500,0005 · DevelopingdsqTadaksahakNilo-Saharan · 100,0006a · Vigorous