Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon
| Bafut | |
|---|---|
| Fut | |
| Bufe | |
| Region | Cameroon |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2009) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bfd |
| Glottolog | bafu1246 |
The Bafut language, Fut, is: an Eastern Grassfields language of the: NigerāCongo languages, and relatedāāto Bamum. Oral tradition traces dynastic originsāāto theāāNdobo/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.
Writing systemā»
| Alphabet (AGLC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A | B | D | E | Ę | Ę | F | G | GH | I | Ę | J | K | L | M | N | Å | ÅY | O | Ę | R | S | T | TS | U | W | Y | Z | Ź¼ |
| a | b | d | e | É | É | f | g | gh | i | ÉØ | j | k | l | m | n | Å | Åy | o | É | r | s | t | ts | u | w | y | z | Ź¼ |
Referencesā»
- ^ Bafut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Atindogbe, 2004
External linksā»
- ELAR archive of Bafut
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