Harshen Bena

 

Bena yaren Bantu ne da mutanen Bena na yankin Iringa na Tanzaniya ke magana dashi.

Fassarar sauti

Bakake

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
M	mara murya	p	t		k
	murya	b	d		ɡ
	prenasal	ᵐb	d		Ƙaddamarwa
Haɗin kai			ts
Ƙarfafawa	mara murya	f	s			h
	murya	v
	prenasal		s
Kusanci			l	j	w

Sautunan da ba su da murya kusan ko yaushe suna faruwa yayin da ake neman tsayawa; [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ].

• /v/ za a iya gane shi azaman [ʋ] ta hanyar magana.
• [ɖ] na iya faruwa azaman allophone na /d/ kafin dogon wasali mara tsayi.
• [x] na iya faruwa a matsayin allophone na /k/, /h/ a cikin yaren Maswamu.
• [cç, tʃ] na iya faruwa azaman allophones na /ts/, a cikin yaren Twangabita.
• [z] na iya faruwa azaman allophone na /ⁿs/.
• [ɟ] na iya faruwa azaman allophone na /j/ a yaren Maswamu.
• [β, ʋ] na iya faruwa azaman allophones na / w/ tsakanin wasu masu magana.
• Za a iya keɓance tasha da aka riga aka yi amfani da shi lokacin faruwar kalma-ƙarshe (misali. /ᵐb/ ~ [ᵐb̥]).

Wasula

	Gaba	Tsakiya	Baya
Babban	iː		ku ː
Tsakar	eː		ku oː
Ƙananan		da aː

• /i, u/ kafin a gane wasulan marasa zagaye a matsayin glides [j, w].

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