Bulu (Bantu language)
| Bulu | ||
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Spoken in |
Cameroon | |
| speaker | 858,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Bulu (also Boulou) is the Bantu language spoken in Cameroon by the Bulu ethnic group .
It is spoken by around 858,000 people (around 4.5% of the population) as their mother tongue and around 800,000 people as a second language (2007 census).
The importance of Bulus as an educational, religious and commercial language is increasingly declining today. It is written in the Latin script .
distribution
Bulu is in the districts of Dja et Lobo and Vallée-du-Ntem province Sud , District Nyong-et-Mfoumou in the province center and the district of Haut-Nyong in the province Est spread
The President of Cameroon Paul Biya is a Bulu.
classification
Bulu is a northwest Bantu language and belongs to the Yaunde Fang group , which is classified as the Guthrie Zone A70.
it has the dialects Yelinda, Yembana, Yengono, Zaman and Bene.
example
| Bulu | German |
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| A Tate wongan ô ne e yôb, jôé dôé e bo'o étyi. Ejôé jôé é za'ak, Nkômbane wôé ô boba'ane fe e si nyô aval ane yôb été. Va'a bia den bidi biangan ya môs ôse. Jamé'é bia memvôla mangan, aval ane bia fe bi jaméya bôt be bili bia memvôla. Te kee bia e meve'ele été, ve vaa bia e be mbia môt. Amu Ejôé a Ngu a Duma, bi ne émbiôé, nnôm éto. Amen. | Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Your kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Our daily bread Give us today. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. |
