The Futop language, ''Efutop (Ofutop)'', is an
Ekoid language
The Ekoid languages are a dialect cluster of Southern Bantoid languages spoken principally in southeastern Nigeria and in adjacent regions of Cameroon. They have long been associated with the Bantu languages, without their status being precisely ...
of
Nigeria
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. The ''E-'' in ''Efutop'' represents the class prefix for "language", analogous to the
Bantu
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*Bantu languages, constitute the largest sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages
*Bantu peoples, over 400 peoples of Africa speaking a Bantu language
*Bantu knots, a type of African hairstyle
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''ki-'' in ''
KiSwahili
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''.
One of a number of similar but distinct languages spoken in the
Cross River region, its area includes the town of
Abaragba as well as
Ekpokpa,
Mkpura,
Ndim
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,
Okanga-Nkpansi,
Okanga-Njimowan, and
Okosura. The vocabulary for David W. Crabb's item in ''Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja'' was from Mr. Anthony A. Eyam of Abaragba.
Phonology
Tone
Significant
tone is important in this language.
Vocabulary
Some vocabulary (in a simplified orthography, without tone markings):
* ''nhnham'' - animal (low tone-low tone) ''nh'' is palatal
* ''nggurɛgbɛ'' - antelope (low-low-low-low) ''ng'' is syllabic
* ''obuɔ'' - arm, hand
* ''ngkuɔn'' - bee
* ''mmuɔn'' - child
* ''ofuu'' - day (low-high)
* ''nim'' - do (low)
* ''yum'' - dry (high tone)
* ''yinə'' - forget (high-low).
[David W. Crabb, ''Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja'', Cambridge University Press, 1965.]
References
External links
Efutop basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Ekoid languages
Languages of Nigeria
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