Benabena language

Benabena
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionGoroka District, Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers
(45,000 cited 2000 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bef
Glottologbena1264

Benabena (Bena) is a Papuan language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-
dental
Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Stop p t k ʔ
Fricative β f s ʝ ɣ h
Approximant ɭ

References

  1. ↑ Benabena at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ Young, Rosemary & Robert (1961). The phonemes of Bena-Bena (a routine statement).