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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Burkina Faso > Pana

Pana

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3: pnq

Population  5,000 in Burkina Faso (1998). Population total all countries: 7,800.
Region  Sourou Province, Kassoum Subdistrict, OuĂ© town area, Sourou River valley entering from Mali, border due north of Dedougou. Also in Mali.
Language map  Burkina Faso, reference number 44
Alternate names   Sama
Dialects  Pana North, Pana South.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Grusi, Northern
Language use  All ages. Also use Bambara [bam] or Jula [dyu]. Young people are free to use Jula and Marka-Dafin [rkm] in the home.
Comments  Muslim, traditional religion, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Mali

Language name   Pana
Population  2,800 in Mali (1982 SIL).
Region  South of Bandiagara, straddling Mali-Burkina Faso border east of Sourou River, due north of Kassoum in Burkina Faso.
Language map  Mali
Alternate names  Sama
Dialects  Pana North, Pana South.
Language use  Favorable toward using Marka [rkm], Jula [dyu], or Bamanankan [bam]. Also use Jula [dyu].