Bambara, also known as Bamana, and Bamanankan by speakers of the language, is a language spoken in Mali, and to a lesser extent Burkina Faso, Senegal by as many as six million people ( including second language users ).

Bambara is a language / dialect of the Manding language cluster, a cluster of languages whose ethnic-speakers generally trace their cultural history to the ancient city of Manding, where modern-day Kita, Mali now exists.

The language is most widely spoken in the areas east, south, and northeast of Bamako, where native speakers and / or those that identify as members of the Bambara ethnic group are most densely populated.

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Other vernacular names include Nimm ( Punjabi ), Vembu ( Tamil ), Arya Veppu ( Malayalam ), Azad Dirakht ( Persian ), Nimba, Arishta, Picumarda ( Sanskrit, Oriya ), Limdo ( Gujarati language ) Kadu-Limba ( Marathi ), Dongoyaro ( in some Nigerian languages ), Margosa, Neem ( نيم ) ( Arabic ), Nimtree, Vepu ( వ ే ప ు), Vempu ( வ ே ம ் ப ு), Vepa ( వ ే ప ) ( Telugu ), Bevu ( ಕಹ ಿ ಬ ೇ ವ ು ( Kannada ), Kodu nimb ( Konkani ), ක ො හ ො ඹ ( Kohomba, Sinhala ), Tamar ( Burmese ), sầu đâu, xoan Ấn Độ ( Vietnamese ), ស ្ ដ ៅ ( Sdao, Khmer ), สะเดา ( Sadao, Thai ), אזדרכת ( Hebrew ), " Maliyirinin " ( Bambara language ) and Paraiso ( Spanish ).

* Bambara language ( ISO 639 alpha-2 code ) ( bm )

The Gullah language is based on English, with strong influences from West and Central African languages such as Mandinka, Wolof, Bambara, Fula, Mende, Vai, Akan, Ewe, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Kongo, Umbundu and Kimbundu.

In the Bambara language, " djé " is the verb for " gather " and " bé " translates as " peace ".

They are considered to be amongst the largest Mandé ethnic groups, and are the dominant Mandé group in Mali, with 80 % of the population speaking the Bambara language, regardless of ethnicity.

The Bambara language, mutually intelligible with the Manding and Diola languages, has become the principal inter-ethnic language in Mali and one of the official languages of the state alongside French.

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Their best-known members are Bambara, the most widely spoken language in Mali ; Mandinka, the main language of Gambia ; Maninka or Malinké, a major language of Guinea ; and Dyula, a trade language of the northern Ivory Coast and western Burkina Faso.

Bambara is classified as part of the larger, very broad Mandé group.

This oral literature is mainly tradited by the " Griots " ( Jɛliw in Bambara ) who are a mixture of storytellers, praise singers and human history books who have studied the trade of singing and reciting for many years.

Bambara is spoken throughout Mali as a lingua franca.

N ' ko and the Arabic script are still in use for Bambara, although the Latin script is much more common.

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It is one of the Manding languages, and is most closely related to Bambara, being mutually intelligible with Bambara as well as Malinke.

Immediately west from Ghana ( in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso ), Hausa is abruptly replaced by Dioula – Bambara as the main lingua-franca of what become predominantly Manding areas, and native Hausa populations plummet to a very small urban minority.

A split in the Coulibaly dynasty in Ségou led to the establishment of a second Bambara state, the kingdom of Kaarta, in what is now western Mali, in 1753.

* Niani, capital of the Mali Empire, is sacked by the Bambara of the emerging Segou Empire.

The Gyil's design is similar to the Balaba or Balafon used by the Mande-speaking Bambara, Dyula and Sosso peoples further west in southern Mali and western Burkina Faso, a region that shares many musical traditions with those of northern Côte d ' Ivoire and Ghana.

Carlson ( 1994: 2 ) notes that ‘ it is probable that several grammatical constructions are calques on the corresponding Bambara constructions ’.

Bartender Ethan Moore told The Salt Lake Tribune in 2004 that it is " one of the most popular holiday drinks " at Bambara.

The population ( 2002 ) is about 10, 000 consisting of the Serer, Wolof, Fula, Bambara and Jola ) ethnic groups.

The historic extent of the Bambara people.

These regions are also usually considered to be the historical geographical origin of Bambara people, particularly Segou, Sikasso, after diverging from other Manding groups.

The Bambara () are a Mandé people living in west Africa, primarily in Mali but also in Guinea, Burkina Faso and Senegal.

In the Northern part of Yoruba, it is commonly known as " Epa-kuta ", and in the Gha Language, spoken by the people in Greater Accra, Ghana, the Bambara Bean is called " Akwei ".

The Mandinka in turn belong to West Africa's largest ethnolinguistic group, the Mandé, who account for more than twenty million people ( including the Dyula, Bozo, Bissa and Bambara ).

The Mande languages are spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé people and include Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Dioula, Bozo, Mende, Susu, and Vai.

Sundiata Keita ( IPA Mandinka, Malinke, Bambara: sʊndʒæta keɪta ) ( c. 1217 – c. 1255 ) was the founder of the Mali Empire and celebrated as a hero of the Mandinka people of West Africa in the semi-historical Epic of Sundiata.

The name Bozo is thought to derive from Bambara bo-so, ' Bamboo house '; the people accept it as referring to the whole of the ethnic group but use more specific clan names such as Sorogoye, Hain, and Tieye themselves.

Major ethnic groups include the Senoufo, known for masks and reverence for animals, the Samago, known for being Mali's best farmers, and the main ethnic group in Mali, the Bambara people.

The Bambara people were dominant in Malian affairs at that time and because of his Sonrai ethnicity, Bocoum was only awarded second prize.

** Bambara people ( Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger )

In around 1640, Fa Sine became the third Faama ( Mande word for King ) of a small kingdom of Bambara people in the city of Ségou in Mali.

* Bambara language: a Mande language, spoken by 6 million people in Mali.

* Bambara people: an ethnic group who represent 40 % of Mali's population.

Comparison of the four major styles of The Chi Wara / Chiwara / Chi-Wara mask of the Bambara people of Mali.