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Bana language

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Phonology
Notes
References

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|name=Bana
|states=Cameroon
|region=Far North Province
|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
}}Bana is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects include Gamboura and Gili.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labialized velar	Uvular
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.

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Notes

1. ^Hofmann, Erica. 1990. A preliminary phonology of bana. University of Victoria. (MA thesis).

References

{{cite thesis|degree=M.A.|last=Hofmann|first=Erica|date=1990|title=A Preliminary Phonology of Bana|publisher=University of Victoria|oclc=27946722|url=http://www.silcam.org/documents/bana_hoffman1990_1599_p.pdf}}

2 : Biu-Mandara languages|Languages of Cameroon

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