Bambara (Bamanankan)

Bambara (bm, bam) is a world language. Wikidata records about 4.2M speakers. It is written in Ajami script and Latin script. It is an official language in 1 country, including Mali.

Translation guides

• English → Bambara translation
• Bambara → English translation

Where Bambara is official

• Mali

Rates for Bambara translation

Bambara falls in our lesser-diffused languages band: roughly $0.12–$0.28 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.

For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →