Bamanankan also known as Bambara or Bamanakan or Bamana is a lingua franca language spoken in Cote divoire, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.
Bamanankan language has approximately 20,000,000 native speakers.
The language has 11 dialects; Bambara, Beledugu, Gana, Ganadugu, San, Segou, Sikasso, Somono, Wasulu, Wasulunkakan and Standard Bambara.
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Every day, new words shape our world - from artificial intelligence to blockchain, from climate change to social media.
While languages like English grow and adapt, what about Bamanankan?
How do we explain quantum computing in Bamanankan?
What's the word for 'cryptocurrency'?
Without action today, how will future generations express tomorrow's ideas in Bamanankan?
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If not now, when will we start?
If not here, where will it happen?
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