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bambara

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

lingua mandingo

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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Mande
Country
Mali
Image
Manding.png
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topic's main category
Category:Bambara language
Wikimedia language code
bm
native label
Bamanankan
number of speakers, writers, or signers
4200000
writing system
Ajami script
linguistic typology
subject–object–verb
Commons category
Bambara language
category for films in this language
Category:Bambara-language films
indigenous to
Mali
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Article · Italiano

La lingua bambara, chiamata anche bamanankan (letteralmente lingua dei Bamanan), è una lingua mandingo parlata in Mali. Al 2022, è parlata da 14,2 milioni di parlanti totali.

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