Benabena | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province |
Native speakers | 45,000 (2000 census) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bef |
Glottolog |
bena1264 |
Benabena (Bena) is a Papuan language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Open | a |
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 |
Benabena | |
---|---|
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province |
Native speakers | 45,000 (2000 census) [1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bef |
Glottolog |
bena1264 |
Benabena (Bena) is a Papuan language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Open | a |
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 |