The ASJP Database - Wordlist Benga 2

Wordlist Benga 2

Compiled by Matthew S. Dryer

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: beng1282
ISO 639-3: bng

Coordinates WGS84

1°10'N, 9°25'E
1.17, 9.42

number of speakers	5,500
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Bantua B10 B20 B30 > Sawabantu > Bengaic
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Northwest > A > Bubi Benga(a.34)

Sources

Good 1879: Dictionary of the English and Benga languages. New York: Mission House.; Mackey, James Love. 1855. A grammar of the Benga language. New York: Mission House.