Bambara

Bam·ba·ra

[bahm-bahr-ah, -bahr-uh]
noun
1.
a Mande language that is used as a trade language in the upper Niger drainage basin in Africa.
2.
a member of an agricultural, Mande-speaking people of Mali.
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Bambara (bɑːmˈbɑːrə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , -ra, -ras
1.  a member of a Negroid people of W Africa living chiefly in Mali and by the headwaters of the River Niger in Guinea
2.  the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family

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