Bulu language
E87000
The Bulu language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Cameroon, closely associated with the Beti-Pahuin peoples and used historically in education and Christian missions.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Boulou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ewondo ⓘ
surface form:
Bulu (Cameroon)
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Eton language
ⓘ
Ewondo language ⓘ Fang language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Cameroon ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Beti-Pahuin peoples
ⓘ
Bulu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | bulu1251 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Ewondo
ⓘ
surface form:
Bulu (Cameroon)
|
| guthrieClassification | A74 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bulu proper
ⓘ
Yelinda ⓘ Yembana ⓘ Yen ⓘ Yengono ⓘ Zaman ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ tonal phonology ⓘ |
| hasStandardization | orthography developed by missionaries ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
language of Christian missionary activity in Cameroon
ⓘ
regional lingua franca in parts of southern Cameroon ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | bum ⓘ |
| languageOf | Bulu ethnic group ⓘ |
| macrolanguageFamily | Beti-Fang cluster ⓘ |
| region | southern Cameroon ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Cameroon
ⓘ
surface form:
Centre Region of Cameroon
Littoral Region of Cameroon ⓘ South Region of Cameroon ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantoid ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Bantoid languages
|
| subgroup |
Beti languages
ⓘ
Beti–Pahuin languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | church language in parts of southern Cameroon ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Bible translation in Cameroon
ⓘ
Protestant missionary work in Cameroon ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian missions in Cameroon
ⓘ
education in southern Cameroon ⓘ primary education historically in mission schools ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.