Alternate Names: Banda, Dzama, Gambo, Nafaara, Nafana, Pantera-Fantera
Dialects: Fantera, Pantera.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 61,000 in Ghana (2003 GILLBT), increasing.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Akan [aka]. Used as L2 by Dompo [doy].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1984–2013.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word initial; word order distinguishes subject, object, indirect object; ergativity; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVV; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Ghana
Other Comments: Ethnonym: Banda, Banafo, or Nafana. Traditional religion.