r/Mali • u/the_luanblakaj • Nov 11 '24

Apprendre le bambara / Learning Bambara

Bonjour à tous, dans le cadre de mes études de Master, mon université m'a demandé d'étudier une langue "native to Africa". Après quelques recherches, j'ai opté pour le bambara, étant donné que mes études portent principalement sur l'Afrique de l'Ouest, et que la langue me semble très agréable, ce qui me semble logique.

Malheureusement, je n'ai pas réussi à trouver quelque chose de sérieux en ligne. Je suis peut-être un peu trop sceptique, jcp. Si quelqu'un connaît qqn qui enseigne le bambara ou qui serait prêt à m'enseigner le bambara en ligne, merci de me le faire savoir. Ou mieux encore, mais c'est peu probable, si quelqu'un connaît quelqu'un qui enseigne le bambara à Pékin, CHine.

Je recherche idéalement un locuteur natif qui pourra m'enseigner en français, en allemand, en anglais, en albanais ou en italien. Comme je ne suis pas sûr de la langue que vous préférez parler dans ce subreddit, je joindrai le même message ci-dessous en anglais:

Hello everyone, as part of my Master studies I was asked by my university to study a native African language. After some research I landed on Bambara, as the main focus of my studies is West-Africa anyways, and the language sounds lovely, it seems to make sense to me.

Unfortunately, however, I have not been able to find anything serious looking online. Maybe I am a bit too sceptical. If anyone knows anyone who teaches Bambara or would be willing to teach me Bambara online, please let me know. Or even better, but unlikely, if someone knows of someone teaching Bambara in Beijing.

I am ideally looking for a native speaker that will be able to teach me in either, French, German, English or Italian

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u/burneraccount0473 Nov 11 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
  1. An intro textbook (there is a part II somewhere on the internet too): https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/5698199/mod_resource/content/1/-%20An%20Ka%20Bamanankan%20Kan%20Kalan_%20Introductory%20Bambara.pdf
  2. ankataa, a learning course, youtube channel, podcast and discord: https://www.ankataa.com/
  3. Some more textbooks for learners: https://nalrc.indiana.edu/resources/books-media/lets-read.html
  4. Another online course, though I never tried it: https://poulmanogo.wixsite.com/zangaschool
  5. Un autre livre en français: https://upetitafricain.com/products/le-bambara-en-30-jours?srsltid=AfmBOopsmb-SEw2JK_HuGqPs4s3ZF06FhpP8DCGZTkhAVQx472ljgebH
  6. Another textbook made by the peace corps: https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Bambara/Bambara_Manual.pdf
  7. There are also tutors on italki: https://www.italki.com/en/teachers/bambara(bamanankan))
  8. There's another book called J'apprends le bambara in French, with Bambara audio, which is the closest thing I've seen to a Bambara "Pimsleur". All the lessons are just spoken conversations with translations in the book.
  9. Bambara-French-English dictionary pdf : https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/5698209/mod_resource/content/1/Francisco%20Jose.%20-%20Bambara-French-English_%20English-Bambara%20Dictionary.pdf

In my opinion, (6) and (5) are the best for beginners. (3) is also really high quality for nailing down grammar, but the books are bit pricey. I personally love (8) but I was lucky to get the audio-cd for cheap on ebay.

Now the REAL challenge is finding resources on Tamasheq 😰

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u/the_luanblakaj Nov 13 '24

Thank you, I really appreciate the time you have taken to leave this comment.
This was extremely helpful!

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u/burneraccount0473 Nov 13 '24

Basi tε! Bolokɔni kelen tɛ se ka bɛlɛ ta. :)

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u/herbnhero Nov 11 '24

There are some YouTube videos with very basic Bambara lessons. But I, too, haven’t had much luck finding resources.

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u/Helpful_Throat3597 Nov 11 '24

Bonjour, je vous transmets ci-après un site qui propose des cours de langues individuels en ligne. Ils proposent aussi des supports papier et e-Book.

https://upetitafricain.com/collections/all

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u/Himmyturner16 Nov 15 '24

I lived in Bamako when i was 8-11 and used to fluent in Bambara, Soninke and French and since moving back to the states I only speak English. I would love to learn again.