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
- ↑ Bena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bena (Tanzania)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online