Futop language

The Futop language, Efutop (Ofutop), is an Ekoid language of Nigeria. The E- in Efutop represents the class prefix for "language", analogous to the Bantu ki- in KiSwahili.

Efutop
Native toNigeria
RegionCross River State
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1973)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ofu
Glottologefut1242[2]

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]

Phonology

Tone

Significant tone is important in this language.

Vocabulary

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]
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References

  1. Efutop at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Efutop". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.
  4. David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.


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