Beledugu Bambara

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Beledugu Bambara is a regional variety of the Bambara language spoken in the Beledugu area of Mali, characterized by its own distinctive phonological and lexical features.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Beledugu Bambara canonical 1
Segou Bambara 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of the Bambara language
closelyRelatedTo Kaarta Bambara
Segou Bambara
linked to: Beledugu Bambara

Standard Bambara
linked to: Bambara
country Mali
dialectOf Bambara
glottocode bamb1269
hasFeature distinctive lexical features
distinctive phonological features
subject–object–verb word order
tonal language
hasLexicon local vocabulary specific to Beledugu area
hasPhonology varieties in vowel quality compared to Standard Bambara
iso639-3 bam
languageFamily Mande languages
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible with other Bambara varieties
partOf Mandekan dialect continuum
partOfLanguage Bambara language
region Beledugu area
western Mali
spokenIn Beledugu
Mali
subfamily Western Mande languages
linked to: Western Mande
usedBy Bambara ethnic group
linked to: Bambara people
usedFor everyday communication
local trade
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

N’Ko script
linked to: N'Ko script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bamanankan hasDialects Beledugu Bambara
Beledugu Bambara closelyRelatedTo Segou Bambara
linked to: Beledugu Bambara