Futop language

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Efutop
Futop
Efutop
Native to Nigeria
Region Cross River State
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1973) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ofu
Glottolog efut1242
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  Efutop

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 .

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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. [2]

Vocabulary

Some vocabulary (in a simplified orthography, without tone markings):

References

  1. Efutop at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.
  3. David W. Crabb, Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Cambridge University Press, 1965.