Sena language

Sena is a Bantu language spoken in the four provinces of central Mozambique : Tete, Sofala, Zambezia and Manica. There were an estimated 900,000 native Sena speakers in Mozambique in 1997, with at least 1.5 million if including those who speak it as a second language. It is one of the Nyasa languages.
Sena is spoken in several dialects, of which Rue and Podzo are divergent. The Sena of Malawi may be a distinct language. Barwe has official recognition in Zimbabwe.
Some remarks on Sena tenses can be found in Funnell, Barnes & Funnell and in Kiso.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Labialized sounds can also be heard as retroflex among different speakers.
is heard as palatalized when followed by a.
The following sounds occur as prenasalized when after a homorganic nasal;,.