| Mina | |
| Also Known As: | Hina |
| Nativename: | Besleri |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Region: | Far North Region |
| Speakers: | 11,000 |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Chadic |
| Fam3: | Biu–Mandara |
| Fam4: | Daba (A.7) |
| Fam5: | South |
| Iso3: | hna |
| Glotto: | mina1276 |
| Glottorefname: | Mina (Cameroon) |
| Dia1: | Besleri |
| Dia2: | Jɨŋjɨŋ |
| Dia3: | Gamdugun |
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.
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.[1]
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).