Bube language

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Bube
Spoken in	Equatorial Guinea
Total speakers	40,000
Language family	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Narrow Bantu Zone A Bube-Benga Bube
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	–
ISO 639-3	bvb
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Bube, or Bube-Benga, is a West Bantu family language spoken by the Bubi people - a Bantu stock ethnic tribe native to, and once the primary inhabitants of, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. The language was brought to Bioko from continental Africa more than three thousand years ago when the Bubi began arriving on the island ^[1]. The language is also spoke by Bubi inhabitants native to Gabon and Cameroon.

The Bube language is divided into six different dialects that vary in the northern and southern regions of Bioko island. For example, in the North, people speak Rebola and its variations: Basile, Banapa and Basupa. However, in the North-East, Bakake is spoken.

Contents 1 Alternative names for the Bube Language 2 See also 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External links

[edit] Alternative names for the Bube Language

• Bubé
• eVoové
• eBubée
• Bhubhi
• Bubi
• Ibubi
• Ibhubhi
• Pove
• Eviia

[edit] See also

• William Napoleon Barleycorn
• Benga language

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] External links

• Bube language at Ethnologue
• Take a Bubi Course - in Spanish

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