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  4. Bana
ISO 639-3 · bcwbcw
Afroasiatic family

Bana

Bana is a language of the North Biu-Mandara branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata counts about 23,000 speakers (2007).

5 · Developing23,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
bcw
Glottocode
bana1305
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameBana
Also calledBana language
All speakers23,000 (2007)

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Bana

The branches above Bana, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

309Afroasiaticfamily147Chadicbranch51Biu–Mandarabranch4North Biu-MandarabranchbcwBanalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Cameroon243 languages in the index

Also spoken in Cameroon

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication