Bena language (Adamawa)
Appearance
Bena | |
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Yungur | |
Ebəna | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | (95,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yun |
Glottolog | bena1260 |
Bəna[2] | |
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People | Bəna |
Language | Ebəna |
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.[3] The Yungur people are majorly located in Song, local government of Adamawa state, constituting 75% of the total population of the Local area.
References
- ^ Bena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ The internal reconstruction of Bena-Yungur consonants and tone patterns