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Bana language

Bana language

Language spoken in Cameroon

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

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

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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

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The vowels of Bana are /ɨ ə ɛ/, which can occur with high, falling, low, or rising tone. [3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Bana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Hofmann, Erica (1990). A preliminary phonology of bana (MA thesis). University of Victoria.

References


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