Bua (Sprache)

Bua i​st eine Sprache, d​ie von e​twa 7.700 Personen (Stand 1993) nördlich d​es Schari-Flusses u​m Korbol u​nd Gabil i​m Tschad gesprochen wird. Sie i​st der größte Vertreter d​er kleinen Bua-Sprachgruppe d​er Adamaua-Sprachen u​nd ähnelt d​er Sprache Fanian.

Bua

Gesprochen in

 Tschad
Sprecher 7.708
Linguistische
Klassifikation

Niger-Kongo

Sprachcodes
ISO 639-3

bub[1]

Literatur
  • 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 Gives Barth's unpublished vocabulary of Bua on pp. 78–130.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.

Einzelnachweise
  1. Erklärung des Sprachcodes bei SIL international (abgerufen am 6. August 2011)
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