Bafut language
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The Bafut language is classed within the Mbam-Nkam section of the central branch of the Niger-Congo languages along with other nearby languages such as Bali Nyonga, Bamum and Pingin. Oral tradition traces dynastic origins to the Ndobo or Tikari areas. It is spoken by people of the subdivisions of Bafut, and Tuba, in the division of Mezam and in the division of Metchum in Northwest Province, Cameroon.
The Bafut language has been alphabetized by Joseph Mfonyam a SIL International worker in the year 1982, since then some literature has been translated into Bafut, as for example the New Testament in the year 2000.
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- Database of linguistics articles on the Bafut language