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The Mina language, also known by the names Hina and Besleri, is a Chadic language spoken in Northern Cameroon by 10,000 people. Speakers of Mina are generally bilingual, with Fulfulde (Fula) being the second language. Fulfulde is often joined by French as a third language in educated speakers.[1]

Mina
Hina
Besleri
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Region
Native speakers	11,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Daba (A.7) South Mina
Dialects	Besleri Jɨŋjɨŋ Gamdugun
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hna
Glottolog	mina1276

Besleri is spoken in most of Hina commune (Mayo-Tsanaga Department, Far North Region), with Gamdugun and Jinjin in the southwest and southeast of the area, respectively.[2]

Dialects

Frajzyngier & Johnston (2005) list three Mina dialects: Marbak, Kefedjevreng and Dzundzun. Ethnologue also lists three: Besleri, Jingjing (Dzumdzum), Gamdugun. While the correspondence of "Jingjing" and "Dzundzun" is clear, the identity of the others is not. Mutual intelligibility between dialects is difficult to ascertain, but Frajzyngier & Johnston (2005:3) demonstrate one-way intelligibility between Dzundzun and Mina (presumably meaning the Marbak dialect).

Notes

References

• Frajzyngier, Zygmunt & Johnston, Eric. (2005). A Grammar of Mina. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Newman, Paul. (1992). "Chadic Languages." In: Bright, William. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

На других языках

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- [en] Hina language

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[ru] Хина (язык)

Хина (англ. hina, besleri, mina) — один из чадских языков. Распространён в 20 селениях к югу от города Моколо в общине Хина департамента Майо-Цанага Крайнесеверного региона в Камеруне. Относится к центральночадской ветви языков. Численность говорящих — около 11 000 человек (2000). Язык бесписьменный.

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