Benabena | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province |
Native speakers | 45,000 (2000 census)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bef |
Glottolog | bena1264 |
Benabena (Bena) is a Papuan language spoken in the Goroka DistrictofEastern 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 | |
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Nasal | m | n | |||||
Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | |||
Fricative | β | f | s | ʝ | ɣ | h | |
Approximant | ɭ |
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