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Benabena core wordlist — PG

Recorded forms from the ASJP Database; not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

Core wordlist. These forms are phonetic transcriptions from the ASJP Database; native spelling has not been recorded yet. This page lists 50 recorded forms in Benabena, each shown as a phonetic transcription in slashes.

Source: Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org — licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

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Benabena (PG)

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50 words and 0 phrases — 50 entries in total.

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Words (50)

A (4)

/ai/ phonetic transcription

woman

/amihaa/ phonetic transcription

breast

/ana/ phonetic transcription

that

B (2)

/babu/ phonetic transcription

many

/bua/ phonetic transcription

eye

E (1)

F (2)

/faja/ phonetic transcription

fish

G (6)

/gufaa/ phonetic transcription

skin

H (2)

/hajaa/ phonetic transcription

leaf

/heena/ phonetic transcription

what

J (5)

/jafa/ phonetic transcription

tree

/jahaa/ phonetic transcription

hand

/jama/ phonetic transcription

this

/jogoa/ phonetic transcription

tooth

K (7)

/kai/ phonetic transcription

thou

/kala/ phonetic transcription

dog

/kasaa/ phonetic transcription

tail

/konaa/ phonetic transcription

claw

L (8)

/lali/ phonetic transcription

we

/loee/ phonetic transcription

two

M (5)

/me/ phonetic transcription

not

/mone/ phonetic transcription

one

/mua/ phonetic transcription

egg

/mupaa/ phonetic transcription

belly

N (3)

/nama/ phonetic transcription

bird

/nani/ phonetic transcription

i

/napa/ phonetic transcription

big

O (1)

/okaa/ phonetic transcription

feather

V (4)

/vagaa/ phonetic transcription

mouth

/vihaa/ phonetic transcription

seed

/vo/ phonetic transcription

man

/vonai/ phonetic transcription

person

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