| Bube | ||
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| Spoken in | Equatorial Guinea | |
| Total speakers | 40,000 | |
| Language family | Niger-Congo
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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, 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.
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Alternative names for the Bube Language
- Bubé
- eVoové
- eBubée
- Bhubhi
- Bubi
- Ibubi
- Ibhubhi
- Pove
- Eviia
See also
References
Bibliography
- Biddulph, Joseph, Fernandian (1988) The Bubi Bantu language of Bioco/Fernando Po. Pontypridd, Wales: Languages Information Centre, WorldCat no. 17838738.
External links
- Bube language at Ethnologue
- Take a Bubi Course - in Spanish
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