Language code: bm
Technical information about ISO 639 language code bm
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The table below provides technical details for the Bambara language, designated by the bm code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Bambara Native Bamanankan |
| Family | Mande |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | BamakoBeleduguSegu (Segou)SanSomono |
| Related languages | Dyula (Jula)MandinkaManinka (Malinke)Kassonke |
| Key facts | Uses a Latin-based orthography that includes the special letters Ŋ/ŋ and Ɛ/ɛ, Ɔ/ɔTonal language (high and low tones) but tones are rarely writtenPredominant basic word order is Subject–Object–VerbContains a large number of Arabic loanwords due to long-standing Islamic influenceServes as a major lingua franca across much of the Mande cultural area. |
| Sample phrase | Aw ni ce, i ka kɛnɛ? |
| Character encodings | |
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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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- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
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