The ASJP Database - Wordlist Bena 2

Wordlist Bena 2

Compiled by Matthew S. Dryer

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: bena1262
ISO 639-3: bez

Coordinates WGS84

9°S, 35°E
-9.00, 35.00

number of speakers	592,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Northeastsavannabantu > Southerntanzaniahighlandsbantu > Bena Hehe
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > G > Bena Kinga(g.63)

Sources

Mitterhofer 2013: Lessons from a Dialect Survey of Bena: Analysing Wordlists. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2013-020. 1-131.; Morrison, Michelle Elizabeth. (2011) A reference grammar of Bena. Doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at Austin.