Maliyiri: Bambara Dictionary (

Best app to help learn Bambara!

This app was developed by Maliyiri. We designed it to help you become fluent in Bambara. Our app works online and offline (limited). It allows you to translate the following pairs of languages:

English - Bambara
Bambara - English
English - French
French - English
French - Bambara
Bambara - French


Download our app if you want to learn or simply improve your Bambara skills. Our goal is to also help promote the Malian culture by allowing our users to not only learn but also to share their learnings in an educative, social and positive environment through this app and our website (maliyiri.com).


Key Features:
• Translating to and from Bambara by selecting languages in a dropdown menu
• Intuitive searching functionality
• Ability to create an account
• Contribute by adding new words to our growing database
• Comment on translations
• Like/dislike translations
• Share words with friends/family
• View a (private) list of words you've liked
• View a (public) list of words you or others have added
• Follow other users to stay up-to-date on words they add
• View a Feed of public activities on the app/website (adding/liking/commenting a word, following a user)
• Viewing connectivity status: you will know when you're using the online/offline database
• Get daily or weekly word notifications (or turn it off in Settings)
• Browse some top websites in Mali (in-app)
• Random Bambara sentence generation with English and French translations
• Pronunciation tips
• Offline - after download, you do not need internet connection
• Even MORE features to come....

Your feedback is highly appreciated!