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Language Identification ISO 639-2 bam Other names: Bamana Local name: Bamanankan Region: Southern and Central Mali Ethnic population: Bambara Bambara’s  users: L1 speakers: 4.1 million; L2 speakers 10.000.000 Language family: Niger–Congo; Mande; Western Mande; Manding; East Manding; Bambara–Dyula Bambara Language Status: Since 1960 Bambara has become one of the official languages of Mali. Dialects: Somono, Segou, San, Beledugu, Ganadugu, Wasulu and Sikasso. Typology: Bambara has a subject–object–verb clause structure. Writing System: Latin alphabet, N’KO alphabet.     DESCRIPTION OF BAMBARA LANGUAGE Bambara, also known as Bamana or Bamanankan is a lingua franca and one of the several national languages ofContinue Reading

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Language Identification: ISO 639-3 ben Other Names: Bangala, Bangla-Bhasa Local name:  বাংলা‎ (Bangla) Pronunciation: [bɛŋˈɡɔːli] Region: Eastern South Asia Ethnic Population: Bengalis Bengali users: L 1 speakers: 230 million (159,000,000 in Bangladesh, 96,500,000 in India; 21,100 in Nepal) L2 speakers: 37 million: 29,000,000 in Bangladesh (2017); 7,750,000 in India (2001 census); 2,880 in Nepal (2011 census). Language family: Indo-European; Indo-Iranian; Indo-Aryan Eastern Group; Bengali-Assamese Early forms: Prakrit; Magadhi Prakrit; Abahattha; Old Bengali Language Status: Official language in Bangladesh (1972, Constitution, Article 3); State language in India (in West Bengal, Tripura, Assam’s Barak Valley, Jharkhand) Dialects: Barisal, Noakhali, Khulna, Mymensingh (inContinue Reading

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Currently, the international team is working on the first phase of the DiM project, that is, on recording the results of a sample of reference words. In addition we are collecting translations, transliterations and definitions of the same words. This work is done by the students enrolled in the various centers. Here is the table of languages ​​chosen by the partners involved in the project.Continue Reading

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Language Identification: ISO 639-3 tir Other names: Tigrigna, Tigray or Tigrai Local name: ትግርኛ tigriññā Pronunciation: [tɨɡrɨɲa] Region: Eastern Africa (Horn of Africa): Eritrea, Ethiopia (Tigray Region) Ethnic Population: Tigrinyas Tigrinya users: 9 millions of native speakers Language family: Afro-Asiatic -> Semitic -> South Semitic – > Ethiopic -> North Ethiopic -> Ge’ez -> Tigrinya Early forms: Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic) Language Status: Official language in Eritrea and recognised minority language in Ethiopia (Tigray Region). Dialects: Tigrinya dialects differ phonetically, lexically, and grammatically. No dialect appears to be accepted as a standard. Typology: The basic word order in Tigrigna is Subject-Object-Verb.Continue Reading