🇲🇱 Country

Mali

Mali is home to 69 languages, spoken across West Africa. Explore them on the map or in the full list below.

Capital Bamako

Nationality Malian

Currency West African CFA Franc (XOF)

Languages 69

Independence Sep 22, 1960

66 active 3 endangered 0 extinct

Where the languages are spoken

Each bubble marks where a language is centred in Mali; its size reflects how many people speak it there. Click a bubble for the source.

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All languages in Mali

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