Bena language

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The Bena language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bena people of southern Tanzania.

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Label Occurrences
Bena language canonical 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
continent Africa
country Tanzania
ethnicGroup Bena people NERFINISHED
glottologCode bena1260
guthrieClassification G63
hasAlternativeName Bena (Tanzania) NERFINISHED
Chibena
EkiBena
Kibena NERFINISHED
hasDialects Bena (Lugulu) dialect
Bena (Ulanga) dialect
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue 25th edition NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
subject–verb–object word order
tone language
iso639-3Code bez
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
macrolanguage Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Hehe language NERFINISHED
Kingoni language
Pangwa language NERFINISHED
primaryLocation south-central highlands of Tanzania
region Iringa Region NERFINISHED
Njombe Region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Bena people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Tanzania NERFINISHED
southern Tanzania
status regional language in Tanzania
subBranch Northeast Bantu NERFINISHED
subFamily Benue–Congo languages
Southern Bantoid languages
usedFor everyday communication among Bena people
usedIn folklore and storytelling of Bena people
oral tradition of Bena people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Eastern Bantu hasMemberLanguage Bena language