Bube

BVB

threatened

Alternate Names: Adeeyah, Adija, Bobe, Boobe, Boombe, Bubi, Ediya, Fernandian

Dialects: North Bobe, Southeast Bobe, Southwest Bobe.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
A
Bubi-Benga (A.31)

Demographics: 51,000 (2011 S. Smith), decreasing. Few monolinguals.

Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Also use Equatorial Guinean Pidgin [fpe], especially youth. Almost all also use Spanish [spa]. Also use Fang [fan]. Used as L2 by Equatorial Guinean Pidgin [fpe].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Almost none. Literacy rate in L2: 80% in Spanish. Poetry. Grammar. NT: 2006.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Equatorial Guinea

Other Comments: The Adiya names are historical (1800s). Christian (Roman Catholic), traditional religion.