Bube language
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| Bube | ||
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| Spoken in: | Equatorial Guinea | |
| Total speakers: | 40,000 | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Narrow Bantu Northwest A Bube-Benga Bube |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | bvb | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Bube is a Bantu language spoken by the Bubi, a Bantu stock ethnic tribe native to, and once the majority of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
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[edit] Alternative names for the Bube Language
- Bubé
- eVoové
- eBubée
- Bhubhi
- Bubi
- Ibubi
- Ibhubhi
- Pove
- Eviia
[edit] Affiliated languages
[edit] Bube Words and Translations
- be achoanera Ncholómba - old proverbial saying used to describe the end of a friendship. Translation: They separated in the Ncholó Marsh.
- bojiammó or mohiamorimó - tribal prophet
- bapotó - foreigner
- botuku - host
- buala - festival of celebration and thanks
- keka - a toy doll
- jopa - interesting place
- lobende - minuature canoe
- malanga - a root vegetable
- mapaho - torches
- mocaponda- enormous cooking kettle
- mochuku - chief
- noko noko, noco noco, or nokonoko - monster, spirit or evil spirit
- rea - yam
- rijata or ritaka - public meeting house
- ucce - hurrah!
[edit] Bibliography
- Biddulph, Joseph, Fernandian (1988) The Bubi Bantu language of Bioco/Fernando Po. Pontypridd, Wales: Languages Information Centre, WorldCat no. 17838738.
[edit] External links
- Bube language at Ethnologue
- Take a Bubi Course - in Spanish
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