Misplaced Pages

Bena language (Adamawa)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Adamawa language of Nigeria This article is about the Nigerian language. For the Bena language of Tanzania, see Bena language. "Yungur language" redirects here. For the language family known as Yungur, see Bena–Mboi languages. ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Bena
Yungur
Ebəna
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State
Native speakers(95,000 cited 1992)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3yun
Glottologbena1260
Bəna
PeopleBəna
LanguageEbəna

Bena (Bəna, a.k.a. Binna, Buna, Ebina, Ebuna, Gbinna, "Lala", Purra, Yangeru, Yongor, Yungur) is an Adamawa language of Nigeria.

Bena-Yungur has a 3-tone system. The Yungur people are majorly located in Song, local government of Adamawa state, constituting 75% of the total population of the Local area.

References

  1. Bena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. The internal reconstruction of Bena-Yungur consonants and tone patterns
Adamawa languages
Waja–Kam
Leko–Nimbari
Leko
Duru
Mumuye–Yendang
Mumuye
Yendang
Other
Bambukic
Bikwin–Jen
Bena–Mboi (Yungur)
Other
Mbum–Day
Mbum
Kim
Bua
Other
Others


This article about Atlantic–Congo languages is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: