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

Bana
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Region, Cameroon
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
ELP	Bana

Bana
Language	koma kabana

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

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labialized velar	Uvular	Labialized uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ	ŋʷ
Voiceless plosive	p	t		k	kʷ			ʔ ʔʷ
Voiced plosive	b	d		ɡ	ɡʷ
Prenasalized plosive	mb	nd ndz		ŋɡ	ŋɡʷ
Implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Affricate		ts dz
Fricative	f v	s z				χ ʁ	χʷ ʁʷ
Flap	ⱱ	ɾ
Approximant			j		w

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

Notes

References

• Hofmann, Erica (1990). A Preliminary Phonology of Bana (PDF) (M.A. thesis). University of Victoria. OCLC 27946722.

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