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TTN translates from German, French, English and Italian into Bambara – and vice versa. Specialised translators who are native speakers, quality assurance according to ISO 17100, a quote in three clicks.

About Bambara

Native name
Bamanankan
ISO code
ISO 639-1: bm · ISO 639-3: bam
Language family
Niger-Congo › Mande
Script
Latin
Native speakers
4 million
Second-language speakers
10 million
Official language in
Mali
Also spoken in
Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea
Official language Also spoken

Bambara is the most widely spoken language of Mali and serves as a lingua franca there. It is a tonal Mande language written in Latin script and sometimes in N'Ko.

Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025