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)
Wikipedia description:
The Bafut language, Fut, is an Eastern Grassfields language of the Niger–Congo languages, and related to Bamum. Oral tradition traces dynastic origins to the Ndobo or Tikari areas. It is spoken by people of Bafut Subdivision, Tuba, in the division of Mezam and in the division of Metchum in Northwest Province, Cameroon. The Bafut language was alphabetized by SIL International consultant Joseph Mfonyam in 1982. Since then, some literature has been translated into Bafut, most notably the New Testament in 2000.
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