Bube language

Bube
Spoken in	Equatorial Guinea
Total speakers	40,000
Language family	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Narrow Bantu Northwest A Bube-Benga Bube; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	–
ISO 639-3	bvb
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See also Bubi, a language spoken in Gabon.

Bube is a Bantu language spoken by the Bubi people, a Bantu stock ethnic tribe native to, and once the majority of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

[edit] Alternative names for the Bube Language

be achoanera Ncholómba - old proverbial saying used to describe the end of a friendship. Translation: They separated in the Ncholó Marsh.
bojiammó or mohiamorimó - tribal prophet
bapotó - foreigner
botuku - host
buala - festival of celebration and thanks
keka - a toy doll
jopa - interesting place
lobende - minuature canoe
malanga - a root vegetable
mapaho - torches
mocaponda- enormous cooking kettle
mochuku - chief
noko noko, noco noco, or nokonoko - monster, spirit or evil spirit
rea - yam
rijata or ritaka - public meeting house
ucce - hurrah!

Biddulph, Joseph, Fernandian (1988) The Bubi Bantu language of Bioco/Fernando Po. Pontypridd, Wales: Languages Information Centre, WorldCat no. 17838738.

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