Bena language (Adamawa)

This article is about the Nigerian language. For the Bena language of Tanzania, see Bena language.
Bena
Yungur
Bəna
Native to Nigeria
Region Adamawa State
Native speakers
95,000 (1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yun
Glottolog bena1260[2]

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

References

  1. Bena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bena (Nigeria)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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