Mande · West Africa

Bambara

Not endangered

Bambara is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyMande
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3bam
Glottocodebamb1269

Spoken in Côte d’Ivoire · Guinea · Mali · Senegal

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Mande's family tree with Bambara.

  1. Bolon

    Threatened
    Long grammar

  2. Dyula

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  3. Eastern Maninkakan

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  4. Konyanka Maninka

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  5. Koro (Côte d'Ivoire)

    Threatened
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  6. Koyaga

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Mahou

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  8. Manya

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

Reference data for Bambara from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)