Mali is a multilingual country, Ethnologue counts more than 80 languages. Of these, Bambara, Bobo,…

Languages of Mali.

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Mali is a multilingual country, Ethnologue counts more than 80 languages. Of these, Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Hassaniya, Kassonke, Maninke, Minyanka, Senufo, Songhay languages, Soninke and Tamasheq are official languages.
🇲🇱 Bambara is by far the most widely spoken language, spoken by 80% of the population as their first or second language.
🇫🇷 French, which was introduced during the colonial period, remained the official language at independence until 2023. According to the last estimates about 17% of the population speaks French as second language.