Alternate Names: Buna, Mboum, Mboumtiba, Wuna
Dialects: Gbete (Byrre, Kepere, Kpere, Pere, Pono, Ripere, Vana), Mboum (Bum, West Mbum).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 38,600 in Cameroon (1982 SIL). Population total all countries: 51,100.
Language Use: Rapidly becoming bilingual in Fulfulde [fub].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1965.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Cameroon
Other Comments: Muslim, traditional religion.