Futop language
| Efutop | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Cross River State |
Native speakers | unknown (10,000 cited 1973)[1] |
|
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ofu |
| Glottolog |
efut1242[2] |
The Futop language, Efutop (Ofutop), is an Ekoid language of Nigeria. The E- represents the Bantu prefix (KiSwahili ki-), the class prefix for languages.
One of a number of similar but distinct languages spoken in the Cross River region, its area includes the town of Abaragba as well as Ekpokpa, Mkpura, Ndim, Okanga-Nkpansi, Okanga-Njimowan, and Okosura. The vocabulary for David W. Crabb's item in Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja was from Mr. Anthony A. Eyam of Abaragba.[3]
Significant tone is important in this language.
Some vocabulary (in a simplified orthography, without tone markings):
- nhnham - animal (low tone-low tone) nh is palatal
- nggurɛgbɛ - antelope (low-low-low-low) ng is syllabic
- obuɔ - arm, hand
- ngkuɔn - bee
- mmuɔn - child
- ofuu - day (low-high)
- nim - do (low)
- yum - dry (high tone)
- yinə - forget (high-low).[4]
References
- ↑ Efutop at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Efutop". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.
- ↑ David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.
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