Languages of Mali

Languages of Mali , the French is the Official language Mali, the language used by the state, the administration and teaching. However, the Bambara, a language mandé is the most spoken language (by approximately 80% of the population).

Here a list of the languages of Mali:

Languages Niger-Congo

Bobokan
Bomu
Bozo
Dogon
Mandingue or mandées Languages

Bambara

Dyangirte
Kalongo
Masasi
Nyamasa
Sonono

Khasonke
Malinké

Peul
Sénoufo

Mamara
Syenara

Soninké

nilo-Saharan Languages

Songhay

Afro-Asian Languages

Tamasheq
Hassaniya

Indo-European Languages

French

Spoken languages

The following table gives a synopsis of the 49 spoken languages brought back by Ethnologue (To note that the distribution per many speakers does not function perfectly):

* First language/native tongue. Numbers since Ethnologist . ** Second language. It is difficult to obtain the precise figures for this category.

External bond

linguistic Situation of Mali
languages of Mali, on the site Ethnologue.com

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