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Bambara

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Bam·ba·ra  (bäm-bärä)
n. pl. Bam·ba·ra or Bam·ba·ras
1. A member of a people of the upper Niger River valley.
2. The Mandingo language of the Bambara, used as a lingua franca in Mali.
Bambara [bɑːmˈbɑːrə]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ra, -ras a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Mali and by the headwaters of the River Niger in Guinea
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family


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