Futop language

Efutop
Efutop
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1973)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Ekoid Efutop–Ekajuk Efutop; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ofu
Glottolog	efut1242

The Futop language, Efutop (Ofutop), is an Ekoid language of Nigeria. The E- in Efutop represents the class prefix for "language", analogous to the Bantu ki- in KiSwahili.

One of a number of similar but distinct languages spoken in the Cross River region, its area includes the town of Abaragba as well as Ekpokpa, Mkpura, Ndim, Okanga-Nkpansi, Okanga-Njimowan, and Okosura. The vocabulary for David W. Crabb's item in Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja was from Mr. Anthony A. Eyam of Abaragba.^[2]

Phonology

Tone

Significant tone is important in this language.

Vocabulary

Some vocabulary (in a simplified orthography, without tone markings):

nhnham - animal (low tone-low tone) nh is palatal
nggurɛgbɛ - antelope (low-low-low-low) ng is syllabic
obuɔ - arm, hand
ngkuɔn - bee
mmuɔn - child
ofuu - day (low-high)
nim - do (low)
yum - dry (high tone)
yinə - forget (high-low).^[3]

References

^ Efutop at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.
^ David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.

External links

Efutop basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

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[e18-1] Efutop at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.

[3] David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.

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