Bana language

Not to be confused with Pa Na language or Hamer-Banna language.

Bana
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Province
Native speakers	23,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bura–Higi Higi (A.3) Bana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bcw`
Glottolog	`bana1305`^[2]

Bana is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects include Gamboura and Gili.^[1]

Notes

1 2 Bana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bana". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

References

Erica Hofmann. 1990. "A Preliminary Phonology of Bana," University of Victoria MA thesis.

Languages of Cameroon

Official languages	French English (local dialect)

Major languages	Bamum Bulu Duala Ewondo Fulfulde Kom Lamnso Medumba

Indigenous languages	Abon Afade Aghem Ambo Bafaw-Balong Bafia Baka Baldemu Bamali Bambalang Bana Bangolan Bankon Basaa Bata Bati Batu Bebele Bebil Beti Bikya Bishuo Bitare Bomwali Bonkeng Bube Bung Buwal Byep Caka Ceve Chamba Leko Cuvok Daba Dek Dowayo Ɗugwor Duli Eman Esimbi Eton Evant Fa’ Fang Fanji Fe'fe' Fut Gawar Gbanu Gbanzili Ghomala' Gidar Glavda Gude Gunu Gvoko Hausa Hdi Hijuk Hina Hya Ipulo Iyive Jimi Jina Kaalong Kabba Kako Kali Kanuri Kare Kasabe Kera Ki Kogo Kol Koma Kpwe Kuo Kutin Kwa’ Kwakum Kwasio La'bi Lagwan Limba Limbum Luo Maɗa Mafa Majera Makaa Malgbe Manenguba Mangbai Manza Maslam Massa Matal Mazagway Mbə’ Mboa Mbudum Mbuko Mbule Mbum Mefele Məgaka Mengisa Menyam Merey Mesaka Mfumte Mofu-Gudur Moloko Mono Mpade Mpumpong Mser Mundang Mungaka Musgu Muyang Nagumi Nda’nda’ Ndai Nen Nga'ka Ngambay Ngiemboon Ngomba Ngombale Ngwe Nimbari Njem Njerep Nkongho Noho Noni North Giziga North Mofu Northwest Gbaya Nyokon Nyong Nzakambay Nzanyi Nzime Oblo Oroko Otank Pam Papia Parkwa Pinyin Pol Pongo Psikyɛ Rombi Sharwa South Giziga Suwu Swo Tibea Tikar To Tsuvan Tupuri Vame Vemgo-Mabas Vengo Vere Voko Wom Wuzlam Yamba Yambe Yasa Yedina Yemba Yeni Zizilivakan Zulgo-Gemzek Zumaya

See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

Biu–Mandara languages

Tera

Bura–Higi

Bura	Bura-Pabir Cibak Huba Marghi Central Marghi South Nggwahyi Putai

Higi	Bana Hya Kamwə Kirya-Konzəl

Other	Kofa

Wandala
(Mandara)

East	Glavda Wandala

West	Dghweɗe Guduf-Gava Cineni Gəvoko Hdi Lamang Mabas Vemgo Woga

Other	Parəkwa Sukur

Mafa

Northeast	Gaduwa Mbuko Vame

South (A)	Maɗa Məlokwo Muyang Wuzlam

South (B)	Ɗugwor Gemzek Merey Mikere Zəlgwa-Minew

South (C)	Baldemu Mofu-Gudur North Giziga North Mofu South Giziga

South (D)	Cuvok Mafa Mefele Shügule

Other	Matal

Daba

North	Buwal Gavar

South	Daba Mazagway Mbədam Mina

Bata
(Gbwata)

Mandage
(Kotoko)

North	Lagwan Msər

South	Afaɗə Malgbe Maslam Mpadə

Other	Jilbe

East–Central

Munjuk	Beege Mbara Muskum Mpus Vulum

Mida'a	Jina Majəra

Other	Gidar

Other

Buduma

Italics indicate extinct languages

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