Pana is an

Mbum language Mbum Proper (also Mboum, Buna, Mboumtiba and Wuna) is a Adamawa–Ubangi language of Central Africa. It is spoken by about people in Cameroon and the Central African Republic. History The Mbum language is spoken by the Mbum people who inhab ...

of the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the C ...

. A few thousand speak it in southern

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...

and northern

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

. 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 Vina Department is a department (''département'') of the Adamawa Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 17,196 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 247,427. The capital of the department lies at Ngaoundéré. Sub ...

, Adamawa Region), and in

Mayo-Rey Mayo-Rey is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 36,529 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 242,441 . The capital of the department lies at Tcholliré. Spillover of CAR War According to the ...

department, Northern Region. It is also found in CAR and Chad.

References

*Roger Blench, 2004
List of Adamawa languages
(ms) Languages of the Central African Republic Languages of Cameroon Languages of Chad Mbum languages {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub