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Bambara is the main language spoken in Mali. It is also mutually intelligible with Jula (Cote d'Ivoire), Malinke (Guinea, Senegal) and other languages spoken all over West Africa.
Many words don't exist in Bambara and when you don't know a word people might understand the word in French. It's also very common to mix French and Bambara, especially in Mali's capital, Bamako.
# How are you? / '''I ka kene?'''
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to? '''N'be taa .../ I be taa min?'''
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from? ''''''
# Here is all right. '''Yan ka di'''(not sure)# Thank you! / Have a good night! '''I ni ce! / A ni ula'''# Where can I find ...? ''' ... min?'''
# the road to ... ''' ...'''
# I'd like some water/food. / ''' ji / dumuni'''
# I don't eat meat (and fish) '''n'te sogo (ani jege) dun'''
# I’m... / hungry / fine / cold / hot / sick '''Ne ... / kongo / ka di / suma / / banabaato'''# yesterday / today / now / later, after '''kunu / bi / sisaan / soni '''
# one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten '''kelen / f'la / saba / naani / duurun / wooro / wolonfla / segi / kononto / tan'''
# eleven / twelve / twenty '''tan ni kelen / tan ni fla / mugan'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? '''Min? / / Min? / Munna? / '''
# How? / How much? / Which?
# I am looking for a place to sleep. '''Dama buga fanaan'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? '''Kan? / Lan? / Fan?/ Lu tax? / Kan?'''
# How? / How much? / Which? '''Naka? / Nyata? / Ban?''' <noinclude> [[Category:Templates]]</noinclude>
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