Bafut language

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The Bafut language is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bafut people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantoid language
Grassfields Bantu language
Southern Bantoid language
language
alsoKnownAs Bafut-Fut NERFINISHED
Fut
belongsToMacroArea Africa (Glottolog macro-area) NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Cameroon NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Bafut people NERFINISHED
glottologName Bafut NERFINISHED
hasAlternateName Bafut NERFINISHED
hasDialects Bafut proper
Mankon (closely related variety)
hasEthnologueEntry Bafut NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode bafu1247
hasISO6393Code bfd
hasLinguisticResearch grammars and descriptive studies by field linguists
hasNativeName Bafut NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant and vowel length distinctions (described in literature)
contrastive tone
hasPopulationRegion Bafut area near Bamenda, Northwest Cameroon
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable (needs documentation and support)
isPartOf Ring languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Grassfields languages
Niger–Congo languages
Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology SVO basic word order
tonal language
neighboringLanguages Mankon language
Moghamo language
Ngemba languages NERFINISHED
region Northwest Region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Bafut people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Cameroon NERFINISHED
Northwest Region, Cameroon NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Eastern Grassfields languages
usedFor daily communication among Bafut people
local cultural and religious practices
oral tradition
usedIn Bafut subdivision, Mezam Division, Northwest Region, Cameroon NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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