Bafut

BFD

developing

Alternate Names: Befe, Bufe, Fu, Fut

Dialects: Bafut, Bufe (Afughe).

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo

Atlantic-Congo

Volta-Congo

Benue-Congo

Bantoid

Southern

Wide Grassfields

Narrow Grassfields

Mbam-Nkam

Ngemba

Demographics: 105,000 (2005), increasing.

Language Use: Home, market, community. All ages. Positive attitudes. 15% also use French [fra]. Also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes], English [eng]. Used as L2 by Ngemba [nge].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy programs in 20 schools and 30 churches. Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. Grammar. NT: 1999.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Cameroon