Bambara language

Bambara, also known as Bamana (N'Ko script: ????????????) or Bamanankan (N'Ko script: ??????????????????; Arabic script: ????????????????????), 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. Classification Bambara is a variety of a group of closely related languages called Manding, whose native speakers trace their cultural history to the medieval Mali Empire. Varieties of Manding are generally considered...

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