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Bafut

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: bfd

Population	105,000 (2005).
Region	North West Province, Mezam Division, Tuba Subdivision, Bafut.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 157
Alternate names	Befe, Bufe, Fu, Fut
Dialects	Bafut, Bufe (Afughe).
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy programs in about 10 schools and 30 churches. NT: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BOMBAY, Elaine; CRAWFORD, Karyn, authors. 2007. "A Survey (RTT) of the Bambili-Bambui Language."  

GRIFFIS, Vincent W., author. 2011. Vernacular scripture use in two Cameroonian language communities: Kom and Bafut.

MFONYAM, Joseph N., author. 1986. "Syllabic nasals and desyllabification in Bafut."

MFONYAM, Joseph N., author. 1989. Tone in orthography: The case of Bafut and related languages.  

MFONYAM, Joseph N., author. 1990. "Tone analysis and tone orthography."

MFONYAM, Joseph N., author. 1994. "Prominence in Bafut: Syntactic and pragmatic devices."

MFONYAM, Joseph N.; NTUMNGIA, Zaccheus F., authors. 2004. Bafut proverbs.

ROBERTS, David, author. 2008. "Thirty years of tone orthography testing in West African languages (1977-2007)."  

TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2004. The power of the local: education choices and language maintenance among the Bafut, Kom and Nso' communities of Northwest Cameroon.  

TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2005. "Language choice, education and community identity."

TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2006. "Language development and social uses of literacy: a study of literacy practices in Cameroonian minority language communities."

TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2006. "Local agency in the development of minority languages: three language committees in Northwest Cameroon."

TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2008. "Language, literacy and equality: minority language communities in the Cameroon."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1982. "Switch reference in Bantu languages."

Vernacular Publications

Àŋwàʼànǝ ataŋǝ̀ 1. 1987.

Ǹjyàlà'a bə̀, àŋwà'ànə afà'à (Kande's story, facilitator's manual). 2005.

Ǹjyàlà'a bè, àŋwà'ànə nyəgə ɨnnù (Kande's story, student book). 2005.

Ŋ̀ŋà'a mɨ̀tsyɛ̀ mɨ bɔɔ Bɨfɨɨ̀ 2.1. 2010.

Ǹyǝ̀gǝ̂ ǹtwòŋǝ nɨ̀ghàà nɨ Bɨfɨɨ̀ 1, 2. 1990.

Ǹyǝ̀gǝ̂ ǹtwòŋǝ nɨ̀ghàà nɨ Bɨfɨɨ̀ 3. 2002.

Ǹyǝ̀gǝ̂ ǹtwòŋǝ nɨ̀ghàà nɨ Bɨfɨɨ̀, àŋwàʼànǝ̀ yi mbìì. 1986.