| Bana | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Region, Cameroon |
Native speakers | 23,000 (2007)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bcw |
| Glottolog | bana1305 |
| ELP | Bana |
| Bana | |
|---|---|
| Language | koma kabana |
Bana is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects include Gamboura and Gili.[1]
Bana is spoken in the canton of Guili, in the northern part of the commune of Bourrha (department of Mayo-Tsanaga, Far North Region). The speakers call their language koma kabana 'the language of the Bana'.[2]
Phonology
The vowels of Bana are /ɨ ə ɛ/, which can occur with high, falling, low, or rising tone.[3]
Notes
- 1 2 Bana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
- ↑ Hofmann 1990, pp. x, xii.
References
- Hofmann, Erica (1990). A Preliminary Phonology of Bana (PDF) (M.A. thesis). University of Victoria. OCLC 27946722.
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