Bube language

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Bube
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
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: bvb
See also Bubi, a language spoken in Gabon.

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

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