Bambara
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
Bambara (plural Bambaras or Bambara)
- A member of a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa.
- The Bambara groundnut, Vigna subterranea.
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Proper noun
Bambara
- A West Sudanic language spoken mainly in Mali by as many as six million people, and by smaller numbers of people in Senegal Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Gambia.
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Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code bm, ISO 639-3 code bam (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Bambara, bam
- Wiktionary's coverage of Bambara terms
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Alternative forms
Proper noun
Bambara
- Alternative form of Bámánánkán (“Bambara”)