Pana language

Not to be confused with Pa Na language, Pana language (Gur), or Phana’ language.

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.

Pana
Native to	Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon
Native speakers	(86,000 cited 1996–2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mbum–Day Mbum Central Mbum Karang Pana
Dialects	Pana ? Pondo ? Gonge
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pnz
Glottolog	pana1293
ELP	Pana (Central African Republic)

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.^[2]