Hina language

Mina
Mina
Hina
Besleri
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Region
Native speakers	11,000 (2000)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Daba (A.7) South Mina; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Besleri; Jɨŋjɨŋ; Gamdugun;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hna
Glottolog	mina1276

The Mina language, also known by the names Hina and Besleri, is a Chadic language spoken in Northern Cameroon by 10,000 people. Speakers of Mina are generally bilingual, with Fulfulde (Fula) being the second language. Fulfulde is often joined by French as a third language in educated speakers.^[1]

Besleri is spoken in most of Hina commune (Mayo-Tsanaga Department, Far North Region), with Gamdugun and Jinjin in the southwest and southeast of the area, respectively.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Mina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

[e18-1] Mina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[ALCAM2012-2] Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

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