| Bana | |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Region: | Far North Region, Cameroon |
| Speakers: | 23,000 |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Chadic |
| Fam3: | Biu–Mandara |
| Fam4: | Bura–Higi |
| Fam5: | Higi (A.3) |
| Iso3: | bcw |
| Glotto: | bana1305 |
| Glottorefname: | Bana |
| Language: | koma kabana |
| Root: | Bana |
Bana is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects include Gamboura and Gili.
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'.[1]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| Implosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||||
| Affricate | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||||
| pronounced as /link/ | |||||||||||
| pronounced as /link/ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| Flap | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||||
The vowels of Bana are /ɨ ə ɛ/, which can occur with high, falling, low, or rising tone.[2]