Pana language
{{Short description|Mbum language of the Central African Republic}}
{{Distinguish|Pa Na language|Pana language (Gur)|Phana’ language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Pana
|nativename=
|states=Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon
|speakers={{sigfig|85,980|2}}
|date=1996–2000
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Mbum–Day
|fam4=Mbum
|fam5=Central Mbum
|fam6=Karang
|iso3=pnz
|glotto=pana1293
|glottorefname=Pana (Central African Republic)
|dia1=Pana
|dia2=? Pondo
|dia3=? Gonge
}}
Pana is an Mbum language of the Central African Republic. A few thousand speak it in southern Chad and northern Cameroon. A dialect in Cameroon, Man, may be a separate language. Blench (2004) leaves Pondo and Gonge in CAR unclassified within the Mbum languages.
Distribution
Pana is spoken around Belel (Belel commune, Vina department, Adamawa Region), and in Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region. It is also found in CAR and Chad.{{cite book|editor-last=Binam Bikoi|editor-first=Charles|date=2012|title=Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)|trans-title=Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon|volume=1: Inventaire des langues|language=fr|location=Yaoundé|publisher=CERDOTOLA|series=Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC)|isbn=9789956796069}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- Roger Blench, 2004. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/AU/Adamawa%20language%20list.pdf List of Adamawa languages] (ms)
{{Adamawa languages}}
{{Languages of the Central African Republic}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Languages of the Central African Republic
Category:Languages of Cameroon
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