The Bafut language is an Eastern Grassfields language of the Niger-Congo languages, and related to Bamum. Oral tradition traces dynastic origins to the Ndobo or Tikari areas. It is spoken by people of Bafut Subdivision, Tuba, in the division of Mezam and in the division of Metchum in Northwest Province, Cameroon. The Bafut language was alphabetized by SIL International worker Joseph Mfonyam in 1982.

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  • The Bafut language is an Eastern Grassfields language of the Niger-Congo languages, and related to Bamum. Oral tradition traces dynastic origins to the Ndobo or Tikari areas. It is spoken by people of Bafut Subdivision, Tuba, in the division of Mezam and in the division of Metchum in Northwest Province, Cameroon. The Bafut language was alphabetized by SIL International worker Joseph Mfonyam in 1982. Since then some literature has been translated into Bafut, most notably the New Testament in the year 2000 .
  • Le bafut (ou bufe, fu, fut, befe) est une langue bantoue du groupe ngemba, parlée par le peuple Bafut dans le nord-ouest du Cameroun. En 1987 le nombre de locuteurs était estimé à 50 000.
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  • The Bafut language is an Eastern Grassfields language of the Niger-Congo languages, and related to Bamum. Oral tradition traces dynastic origins to the Ndobo or Tikari areas. It is spoken by people of Bafut Subdivision, Tuba, in the division of Mezam and in the division of Metchum in Northwest Province, Cameroon. The Bafut language was alphabetized by SIL International worker Joseph Mfonyam in 1982.
  • Le bafut (ou bufe, fu, fut, befe) est une langue bantoue du groupe ngemba, parlée par le peuple Bafut dans le nord-ouest du Cameroun. En 1987 le nombre de locuteurs était estimé à 50 000.
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  • Bafut language
  • Bafut (langue)
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