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Bena language (Adamawa)

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Bena
Yungur
Ebəna
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State
Native speakers
(95,000 cited 1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yun
Glottologbena1260
Bəna[2]
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.[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

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  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