Bafut language

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Name (Hebrew)
שפה בפוט
Name (Latin)
Bafut language
Name (Arabic)
لغة بافوت
Other forms of name
Bafu language
Befe language
Bufe language
Fu language
Fut language
See Also From tracing topical name
Ngemba languages (Cameroon)
See Also From tracing place name
Cameroon
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q34888
Library of congress: sh 96004867
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 90-221372: Mfonyam, J.N. Tone in orthography: the case of Bafut and related languages, 1988:p. xff (Bafut--one of the Ngemba languages; closely related to Bambili, Mankon, Bambui and Nkwen languages)
  • Niger-Congo languages, 1989:p. 435 (Bafut listed under Mgemba languages of Mbam-Nkam Group of Grassfields branch of Wide Grassfields branch of the Southern Bantoid languages)
  • Ethnologue:p. 177 (Bafut; var. Bufe, Fu, Fut, Befe. Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Broad Bantu, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba)
  • Voegelin:p. 53, under Ngemba (Bafut=Bafu=Bufe=Fut=Fu)
  • Fivaz. Afr. langs.:p. 44, under Ngemba subgroup of Grasslands Group (Bafut, var. Bufe, Fu, Fut)