Bambara

western African language spoken in Mali, with SVO structure and two lexical tones
Intangible natural_language Q33243
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Bambara

Summary

Bambara is a natural language[1]. Bambara draws 1,186 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #86 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bambara is in the country of Ivory Coast[3].
  • Bambara is in the country of Mali[4].
  • Bambara's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Bambara's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Bambara is a type of Mande[7].
  • Bambara's writing system is recorded as Masaba[8].
  • Bambara's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Bambara's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Bambara's writing system is recorded as N’ko[11].
  • Bambara's writing system is recorded as Ajami script[12].
  • Bambara's Commons category is recorded as Bambara language[13].
  • Bambara's Wikimedia language code is recorded as bm[14].
  • Bambara's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13, 'lon': -8}[15].
  • Bambara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bambara language[16].
  • Bambara's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4200000'}[17].
  • Bambara's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bm', 'text': 'Bamanankan'}[18].
  • Bambara's indigenous to is recorded as Mali[19].
  • Bambara's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BAM[20].
  • Bambara's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 4 Educational[21].
  • Bambara's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb[22].
  • Bambara's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Bambara-language films[23].
  • Bambara's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Q131938994[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Bambara is a type of Mande[7].

Why It Matters

Bambara draws 1,186 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #86 of 734).[2] Bambara has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Bambara is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 27th Edition. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'lat': 13, 'lon': -8}
    Category for films in this language Category:Bambara-language films
    Country
    Maintained by wikiproject Q131938994
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