Bena language

Bena is a Bantu language spoken by the Bena people of the Iringa region of Tanzania.

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 (ex. // ~ [ᵐb̥]).

Vowels

 * /, / before non-rounded vowels are recognized as glides [, ].