Bambara is spoken by around 3,000,000 people: 2,700,000 in Mali, 55,000 in Senegal, more than 11,000 elsewhere.
Publishing History
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1923.
The New Testament was first published in 1933.
The complete Bible was first published in 1961.
This Page
This shows the first few verses from John's Gospel in the Common Language Translation, first published in 1981 by United Bible Societies, Abidjan. This page is taken from a New Testament published in 1996 by Mali, Bamako.
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1923.
The New Testament was first published in 1933.
The complete Bible was first published in 1961.