Bena language

Not to be confused with Bena language (Adamawa).
Bena
Ekibena
Native to Tanzania
Ethnicity Bena
Native speakers
670,000 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bez
Glottolog bena1262[2]
G.63[3]
Linguasphere 99-AUS-ub incl. varieties 99-AUS-uba...-ubg

Bena is a Bantu language spoken by the Bena people of the Iringa region of Tanzania.

References

  1. Bena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bena (Tanzania)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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