Language code: bm

Technical information about ISO 639 language code bm

Technical information about bm language code (Bambara) is available below.

ISO code

bm

Language

Official

Bambara

Native

Bamanankan

Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Bambara is part of the Mande language family. It is widely used in Mali and is primarily written in Latin, Arabic, and N'ko scripts. It is estimated that there are more than 14 million speakers worldwide, including both first-language and additional-language speakers.

Language presence globally

Speakers

11M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Bambara speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

bm-ML Bambara (Mali)

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