Bua
Bua is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Chad.
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The Bua language (also called Ba) is spoken north of the Chari River around Korbol and Gabil in Chad. In 1993 it was spoken by some 8,000 people. It is the largest member of the small Bua group of languages and is mutually comprehensible with Fanian. Kawãwãy (Korom) may be a dialect or a distinct language.
Bua is a local lingua franca in Korbol Canton, due to the historical influence of the Korbol Caliphate in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Speakers also live around Gabil (in the Guéra Region), and in Sarh and N'Djaména.
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Words in Bua
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | mulili* | |
| eye | mjili* | |
| ear | mtu* | |
| nose | mfo* | |
| tongue | lile* | |
| hand | mtoN* | |
| blood | huma* | |
| bone | bel* | |
| skin | umwar* | |
| breast | mder* | |
| liver | msalwa* | |
| water | mena* | |
| fire | la* | |
| sun | lil3* | |
| star | meu* | |
| stone | ta* | |
| mountain | ta* | |
| tree | leN* | |
| leaf | t3lleworia* | |
| night | safoli* | |
| dog | sa* | |
| fish | Seib* | |
| louse | Ngirsa* | |
| one | gulu* | |
| two | ili* | |
| I | bi* | |
| you | bomdo* | |
| drink | nol* | |
| see | yelake* | |
| hear | fok* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · buaa1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bub