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ISO 639-3: bef

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Other known names and dialect names: Bena

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEAnutu Asaga'na Lolo Hu'ehina Ka Yabe. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_bef_gen-1

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Benabena. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:bef
  2. ONLINEBenabena Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_bef_swadesh-1
  3. Bena-bena ka—Pisini ka—Igilisi ka. Mainai, Felope; Young, Robert A.; Young, Rosemary. 1971. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21924
  4. ONLINEBenabena dictionary. Young, Robert A. (compiler); Young, Rosemary (compiler). 1975. SIL International. oai:sil.org:31300
  5. Bena-bena ka—Pisini ka—Igilisi ka. Mainai, Felope; Young, Robert A.; Young, Rosemary. 1972. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94324
  6. ONLINEtransnewguinea.org Resources for Benabena. Simon J. Greenhill (editor). 2025. transnewguinea.org (transnewguinea.org). oai:transnewguinea.org:bef.553

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Benabena. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:bena1264
  2. ONLINEA tentative case grammar in Benabena. Young, Robert A. 1969. SIL International. oai:sil.org:31266
  3. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Benabena. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:beb

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEThe verb in Bena-Bena: its form and function. Young, Robert A. 1971. Australian National University. oai:refdb.wals.info:4701
  2. The verb in Bena-Bena : its form and function. Young, Robert A. 1971. Pacific linguistics. Series B ; no. 18. oai:gial.edu:24981
  3. ONLINEBenabena: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:bef
  4. ONLINEBenabena language documentation trailer. Avi Farokave (consultant); Tani Iyape (consultant); Daisy Samuel Meko (consultant). n.d. DoBeS archive : Bena Bena. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0020_135D_E
  5. ONLINEBilum talk. Bilasi Iyape (consultant); Kellin Taya; Yasi Koki (consultant). n.d. DoBeS archive : Bena Bena. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0020_1364_2
  6. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Benabena. Damir Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2017-09-27. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_bef
  7. The phonemes of Kanite, Kamano, Benabena, and Gahuku. Young, Rosemary. 1962. University of Sydney. oai:sil.org:3292
  8. ONLINEThe primary verb in Bena-bena. Young, Robert A. 1964. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8482
  9. ONLINEVerb studies in five New Guinea languages. Pence, Alan R. (editor). 1964. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8737
  10. The verb in Bena-bena: its form and function. Young, Robert A. 1970. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9448
  11. Pitau tini miti mina nofibe. Young, Robert A.; Young, Rosemary. 1971. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21380
  12. Gamani hapaʼa yabe. Pepelo, Simoʼe (translator); Young, Robert A. (translator). 1972. Political Education Committee, Department of the Administrator. oai:sil.org:21734
  13. Kosihi fatehaka nehabe. Negifa, Wiwinu (translator). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21892
  14. Leka sobo 1-4. Young, Rosemary. 1967. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21925
  15. Matiasiu gamani muʼi kaga luʼehina yabe. Pepelo, Simoʼe (translator); Young, Robert A. (translator). 1972. Political Education Committee, Department of the Administrator. oai:sil.org:22040
  16. Napa hapaʼa 1, 2. Young, Robert A.; Young, Rosemary. 1971. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22230
  17. Kale, uili uili, boti balusi huto huʼehina ka yabe. Young, Rosemary (translator). 1972. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22323
  18. Egoloto kehelilane. Young, Rosemary. 1964. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22454
  19. Ka hapaʼa 1-4. Young, Rosemary. 1967. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22540
  20. ONLINEThe verb in Bena-bena: its form and function. Young, Robert A. 1971. Australian National University. oai:sil.org:22695
  21. ONLINEThe three dimensional classification system of Bena-bena nouns. Young, Robert A.; Young, Rosemary. 1965. SIL International. oai:sil.org:22778
  22. ONLINEWords under a bushel. Young, Rosemary. 1968. SIL International. oai:sil.org:22919
  23. ONLINENotes on the dialect differences of Bena-bena. Young, Robert A. 1975. SIL International. oai:sil.org:31020
  24. ONLINEBena-Bena sentences. Young, Robert A. 1970. SIL International. oai:sil.org:31087
  25. ONLINEThe phonemes of Bena-Bena (a routine statement). Young, Robert A.; Young, Rosemary. 1961. SIL International. oai:sil.org:31277
  26. ONLINEA generative phonology of the verb in Bena-Bena. Young, Robert A. 2009. SIL International. oai:sil.org:31280
  27. Leka sobo 3. Young, Rosemary. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:76304
  28. Leka sobo 2. Young, Rosemary. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:76305
  29. Translation Nuggets. n.a. 1967. Summer Institute of Linguisitics. oai:sil.org:79333
  30. Bena Bena Tisa Buk. n.a. 2022. SIL-PNG. oai:sil.org:92973
  31. Tupuna Magi Hapa Napa'ani. n.a. 1990. SIL International. oai:sil.org:92975
  32. Leka Sobo 1. Young, Rosemary. 1974. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94162
  33. Pitau tini miti mina nofibe. Young, Robert A. (translator); Young, Rosemary (translator). 1974. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94327
  34. Ka hapa'a 2. Young, Rosemary. 1974. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94342

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINETranslation nuggets. Wycliffe Bible Translators; Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1967. Ukarumpa, Territory of New Guinea : Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:573326
  2. ONLINEStudies in New Guinea linguistics. Summer Institute of Linguistics. New Guinea Branch. 1962. Oceania linguistic monographs ; no. 6. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:753277
  3. ONLINENapa hapa'a. About numbers. A Bena-bena arithmetic book. Young, Robert (Robert Alexander). 1971. Ukarumpa, Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:883694
  4. ONLINEMatiasiu gamani mu'i kaga lu'ehina yabe. Hoffman, Rosemary. 1972. [Port Moresby?] Political Education Committee, Dept. of the Administrator, Papua New Guinea. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:889934
  5. ONLINEKosihi fatehaka nehabe. Flies are your enemy. Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955. 1973. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea, Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:890421
  6. ONLINEGamani hapa'a yabe. The basis of government. Gwyther-Jones, Roy. 1972. [Port Moresby?] Papua New Guinea, Political Education Committee, Dept. of the Administrator. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:897238

Other known names and dialect names: Bena

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