Bambara
Language Information
Bambara (Bamanankan) is spoken in Mali, where it is the most widely used language, and in neighboring Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Guinea.
Bambara is a Mande language of the Manding group, closely related to Malinke and Dyula. It has about 4 million native speakers and over 10 million more who use it as a second language. It is written in the Roman alphabet and in N'Ko, a script created in 1949.
Bambara is a Mande language of the Manding group, closely related to Malinke and Dyula. It has about 4 million native speakers and over 10 million more who use it as a second language. It is written in the Roman alphabet and in N'Ko, a script created in 1949.
Bambara is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Niger-Congo
- Subgroup
- Western Sudanic
- Branch
- Mande
Bambara Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Bamanankan
Hadamaden bɛɛ danmakɛɲɛnen bɛ bange, danbe ni josira la. Hakili ni taasi b’u bɛɛ la, wa u ka kan ka badenɲasira de waleya u ni ɲɔgɔn cɛ.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights