Bua language
| Bua | |
|---|---|
| Ba | |
| Native to | Chad |
Native speakers | (7,700 cited 1993 census)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bub |
| Glottolog | buaa1245 |
The Bua language (also called BaFanian. Kawãwãy (Korom) may be a dialect or a distinct language.
Bua is a local
N'Djaména.[2]
Korom
Korom is spoken by about 60 people in 3 or 4 villages in
Guéra Region of Chad. The main community of speakers is called Kawãwãy, who comprise a community of blacksmiths in Tili Nugar (Tilé Nougar), a Fania village. The language has been documented by Florian Lionnet and R. Hoinathy in 2014 and 2017. Lionnet considers Korom to be separate language closely related to Bua.[2]
References
- ^ Bua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Lionnet, Florian. Chadic languages.
Further reading
- P. A. Benton, Languages and Peoples of Bornu Vol. I, Frank Cass & Co:London 1912 (1st ed.)/1968 (2nd ed.) Gives Barth's unpublished vocabulary of Bua on pp. 78–130.
- M. Gaudefroy-Demombynes, Documents sur les langues de l'Oubangui-Chari, Paris, 1907. Includes (pp. 107–122) a 200-word comparative list of Bua, Niellim, Fanian, and Tunia, with a brief grammar and some phrases collected by Decorse.
- J. Lukas, Zentralsudanisches Studien, Hamburg, Friedrichsen, de Gruyter & Cie, 1937. Gives the wordlists of Nachtigal, zu Mecklenburg, Barth, and Gaudefroy-Demombynes for Bua (~400 words), Niellim (~200 words), and Koke (~100 words).
- A. N. Tucker & M. A. Bryan, The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa, Handbook of African Languages, part III, Oxford University Press for International African Institute, 1956. Summarizes the grammar of Bua and two relatives based on existing fieldwork.