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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Equatorial Guinea > Bube

Bube

A language of Equatorial Guinea

ISO 639-3bvb

Population  40,000 (1995 UBS).
Region  Biombo Island, Fernando Po.
Language map  Equatorial Guinea,Gabon and São Tomé e Príncipe, reference number 7
Alternate names   Adeeyah, Adija, Bobe, Boobe, Boombe, Bubi, Ediya, Fernandian
Dialects  North Bobe, Southwest Bobe, Southeast Bobe.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Bube-Benga (A.30)
Language development  Bible portions: 1849.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Swidden agriculturalists; fishermen.