Benabena (bena1264-3)

Young, Robert A.; Young, Rosemary. The phonemes of Bena-Bena (a routine statement). 1961. sil16:51603

Consonants (16)

p t k ʔ
β f s ʝ ˀʝ ɣ
m ˀm n ˀn
h
ɺ̢

Vowels (5)

i u
e o
a

Notes

Young and Young analyze ˀn ˀm ˀj̟ as clusters of a glottal stop and a resonant, but there are no other clusters, so these are given as phonemes here.

Allophonic rules