Bena language
Bena is a Bantu language spoken by the Bena people of the Iringa region of Tanzania.
Phonology
Consonants
Voiceless sounds almost always occur as aspirated stops; .- // can be realized as intervocalically.
- can occur as an allophone of // before long non high vowels.
- can occur as an allophone of //, // in the Maswamu dialect.
- can occur as allophones of //, in the Twangabita dialect.
- can occur as an allophone of //.
- can occur as an allophone of // in the Maswamu dialect.
- can occur as allophones of // among some speakers.
- Prenasalised stops may be devoiced when occurring word-finally.