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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