ISO 639-3 · bezbez
Niger–Congo family
Bena
Bena is a language of the Southern Tanzania Highlands Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of Tanzania”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bez- Glottocode
bena1262- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bena |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bena (Tanzania), Bena language |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Bena
The branches above Bena, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Tanzania
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing