Panah (Pani) is the Adamava-Ubangi language spoken by the Pan people living in the Central African Republic , Cameroon and Chad . Most carriers - 82 thousand people, live in the Central African Republic - the Bocaranga sub-prefecture of the Ouham-Penda prefecture . About 3 thousand carriers live in Cameroon ( Mayo-Rey Department of the Northern Region ), about 1 thousand live in Chad ( East Logon region ) [1] .
| Pan | |
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| Country | Central African Republic , Cameroon , Chad |
| Total number of speakers | 86 thousand |
| Classification | |
Nigero-Congolese Macrofamia
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| Writing | Latin |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | pnz |
| Ethnologue | |
| Elcat | |
| Ietf | |
| Glottolog | |
Writing
Writing for Pan is based on the Latin alphabet.
| Alphabet Pan [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A | B | Ɓ | D | Ɗ | E | Ɛ | F | G | Gb | H | I | K | Kp | L | M | N | Ny | Ŋ | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | Ts | U | V | Vb | W | Y | Z | ' | |||||
| a | b | ɓ | d | ɗ | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | h | i | k | kp | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | ts | u | v | vb | w | y | z | ||||||
| / a / | / b / | / ɓ / | / d / | / ɗ / | / e / | / ɛ / | / f / | / g / | / gb / | / h / | / i / | / k / | / kp / | / l / | / m / | / n / | / ɲ / | / ŋ / | / o / | / ɔ / | / p / | / ɾ / | / s / | / t / | / ts / | / u / | / v / | / ⱱ / | / w / | / j / | / z / | ||||||
Nasalization is denoted by putting a saddle under the vowel (a ̧, ȩ, ɛ̧, į, o̧, ɔ̧, u̧). Long vowels are displayed with a double letter. Tones are indicated in the following way: high tone — acute (á), ascending-descending tone — circumflex (â), low and descending-ascending tone are not indicated in the letter.