Bua (Sproch)

Bua
Gredd in	Tschad
Sprecha	7.708
Linguistische Klassifikation	Niger-Kongo Atlantik–Kongo Savannensprachen Mbum–Day Bua Bua
Sprochcodes
ISO 639-3:	bub

Bua is a, de vo unegfähr 7.700 Persona (Stand 1993) nördlich des Schari-Fluss um Korbol und Gabil im Tschad gredd wiad. Sie is d gresste Vatreta d gloana Bua-Sprochgruppm d Adamaua-Sprochn und ähnelt d Sproche Fanian.

Literatua

• 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 Gives Barth's unpublished vocabulary of Bua on pp. 78–130.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.

Im Netz

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