Bena | |
Also Known As: | Yungur |
Nativename: | Ebəna |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Adamawa State |
Speakers: | 95,000 |
Date: | 1992 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Bambukic |
Fam4: | Yungur |
Fam5: | Yungur–Roba |
Iso3: | yun |
Glotto: | bena1260 |
Glottorefname: | Bena (Nigeria) |
People: | Bəna |
Language: | Ebəna |
Root: | Bəna[1] |
Bena (Bəna, Binna, Buna, Ebina, Ebuna, Gbinna, "Lala", Purra, Yangeru, Yongor, Yungur) is an Adamawa language of Nigeria.
Bena-Yungur has a 3-tone system.[2] The Yungur people are majorly located in Song, local government of Adamawa state, constituting 75% of the total population of the Local area.