Bubi language group

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The Bubi language group is a cluster of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily by the Bubi people of Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea.

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Bubi language group canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
language cluster
associatedCountryOfficialLanguage Spanish
associatedReligion Christianity
classificationNote classified in Northwest Bantu in some sources
sometimes treated as a single Bubi language with dialectal variation
continent Africa
country Equatorial Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottologCode bubi1247
glottologName Bubi
hasAlternativeName Bube
Bubi-Bube
linked to: Bubi
hasDialects East Bubi
North Bubi
South Bubi
West Bubi
hasEthnicGroup Bubi people
iso639-3 bvb
languageFamily Atlantic-Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Benue-Congo
Niger-Congo
neighboringLanguages Fang language
Kombe language
primarySpeakers Bubi people
region Bioko Island
spokenIn Bioko Island
Equatorial Guinea
subclassOf Bantu languages
Niger-Congo languages
Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
typologicalFeature agglutinativeMorphology
nounClassSystem
toneLanguage
usedBy Bubi ethnic group
linked to: Bubi people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Western Bantu languages hasSubgroup Bubi language group