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Futop language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

Native speakers
  
(10,000 cited 1973)

Glottolog
  
efut1242

Region
  
Cross River State

ISO 639-3
  
ofu

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Ekoid Efutop–Ekajuk Efutop

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.

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).

    • References

    Futop language Wikipedia
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