Niger-Congo family
Bambara
c. 1200 CE – today Living
Bambara (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Mande → Proto-Manding → Bambara.
See Bambara on the interactive map- Speakers
- 4M (4,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- bam
- Glottocode
- bamb1269
Manding language and lingua franca of Mali; about 14 million speakers including L2.
Lineage
- Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Mandec. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-Mandingc. 500 BCE – 1200 CE
- Bambarac. 1200 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Manding.