Bube language
E91487
Bube is a Bantu language spoken primarily on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, known for its distinct phonology and status as one of the country’s indigenous languages.
Aliases (1)
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic–Congo language
→
Bantu language → Niger–Congo language → natural language → |
| alternateName |
Bubi
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|
| closelyRelatedTo |
other Bantu languages of the Gulf of Guinea region
→
|
| country |
Equatorial Guinea
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|
| ethnicGroup |
Bubi people
NERFINISHED
→
|
| hasConsonantInventory |
rich consonant system
→
|
| hasEndangermentCause |
language shift to Spanish
→
urbanization on Bioko Island → |
| hasMorphologyType |
agglutinative
→
|
| hasNounClassSystem |
true
→
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinct phonology
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|
| hasSyllableStructure |
predominantly CV
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|
| hasTonalSystem |
true
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|
| hasVowelInventory |
five-vowel system (reported in many descriptions)
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| hasWordOrder |
SVO
→
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
| isSubjectOf |
Bube language grammars and phonological studies
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|
| isVulnerable |
true
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|
| languageCodeISO639-3 |
bvb
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|
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo
→
Bantoid → Bantu → Benue–Congo NERFINISHED → Niger–Congo NERFINISHED → |
| nativeName |
Bube
→
|
| region |
Bioko Island
→
Gulf of Guinea → |
| spokenBy |
Bubi communities in Malabo area
→
Bubi communities in rural Bioko → |
| spokenIn |
Equatorial Guinea
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|
| spokenPrimarilyOn |
Bioko Island
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|
| status |
indigenous language of Equatorial Guinea
→
minority language in Equatorial Guinea → |
| subfamilyOf |
Bantu languages
→
|
| usedAlongside |
Fang language
→
Spanish → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Guinean Pidgin English
("Bubi language")
→
Pichi language → |
coexistsWith |
|
Bubi people
→
|
language |