Mali has a collection of indigenous vernaculars aside from its national language. This is attributed to the ethnic diversity prevalent in the country. In turn, there is as much number of dialects as much as the number of Malian tribes. Ethnologue has even recorded 50 Malian spoken dialects on its list which is way more than the 13 recognized ethnic tongues. All these are precious contribution of the nation to the affluent selection of the Mande Language Family.