Bambara
Americannoun
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a Mande language that is used as a trade language in the upper Niger drainage basin in Africa.
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a member of an agricultural, Mande-speaking people of Mali.
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Mali and by the headwaters of the River Niger in Guinea
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the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family
Example Sentences
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He delivered the message in both the Bambara and Fulani languages, a sign that he hopes to unite the different communities in Mali.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
Dozens of immigrants listened to proceedings on headsets with access to simultaneous translations in Wolof, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, Fula and Bambara.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024
In 2019, a video of Keïta, speaking in the Bambara language and addressing IBK directly, went viral.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2023
“Bamanan” is named after the Bamana Empire, two centuries when Bambara leaders ruled much of what is now Mali.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022
It was to the Bambara country—the country of the legendary Flying Men—that they were bound.
From The Boy Aviators in Africa by Goldfrap, John Henry
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