Bana language

Bana language

language
name=Bana
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Cameroon
region=Far North Province
speakers=13,000 (1987)
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=Biu-Mandara
fam4=A
fam5=A.3
iso3=bcw

Bana is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects include Gamboura and Gili. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bcw Ethnologue entry for Bana]
* Erica Hofmann. 1990. "A Preliminary Phonology of Bana," University of Victoria MA thesis.

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