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 family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Bambukic Yungur Yungur–Roba Bena
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

↑ Bena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bena (Nigeria)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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