The ASJP Database - Wordlist Nigerian Bena

Wordlist Nigerian Bena

Compiled by Tessa de Mol-van Valen

Showing 1 to 10 of 10 entries

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

18	person	PERSON	bare	False
19	fish	FISH	siya	False
30	blood	BLOOD	matema	False
40	eye	EYE	nu	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	dimlara	False
47	knee	KNEE	kwira	False
61	die	DIE	wodo	False
75	water	WATER	mbEram	False
77	stone	STONE	kundora	False
100	name	NAME	dinda	False

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Glottocode: bena1260
ISO 639-3: yun

Coordinates WGS84

9°45'N, 12°24'E
9.75, 12.40

number of speakers	95,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bena Mboi
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Northvolta Congo > Cameroun Ubangian > Bena Mboi > Bena > Yungur Voro
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > North > Adamawa Ubangi > Adamawa > Waja Jen > Yungur > Yungur Roba

Sources

Boyd 1988: Les langues Adamawa. In Daniel Barreteau & Henri Tourneux (eds.), Le milieu et les hommes: recherches comparatives et historiques dans le bassin du Lac Tchad (actes du 2ème colloque Méga-Tchad, ORSTOM Bondy, le 3 et 4 octobre 1985) (Colloques et séminaires), 231-240. Paris: Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer (ORSTOM).