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Bua ist eine Sprache, die von etwa 7.700 Personen (Stand 1993) nördlich des Schari-Flusses um Korbol und Gabil im Tschad gesprochen wird. Sie ist der größte Vertreter der kleinen Bua-Sprachgruppe der Adamaua-Sprachen und ähnelt der Sprache Fanian.

Bua
Gesprochen in	Tschad
Sprecher	7.708
Linguistische Klassifikation	Niger-Kongo Atlantik–Kongo Savannensprachen Mbum–Day Bua Bua
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 Gives Barth's unpublished vocabulary of Bua on pp. 78–130.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.

Weblinks

• Ethnologue entry for Bua
• Map of Bua language from the LL-Map project
• Information on Bua language from the MultiTree project

Einzelnachweise

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

На других языках

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The Bua language (also called Ba[2]) 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.

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