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Is there a Furu language group?

Breton, Roland J.L. 1993. "Is There a Furu Language Group?" In Journal of West African languages, 23 , no. 2: 97-118.

Speakers

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Comments on speakers
"Jukun is used as a LWC [language of wider communication] in Nse, although the people are not generally bilingual. It is also used as a LWC in Lebo, but very little in Bukpang 2."

Location and Context

Countries
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Location Description

"The Bunaki make up the ethnic group speaking the language (of the Beboid subbranch of the Bantu branch) Naki, meaning 'all of us'. They live... on both sides of the Forest Reserve of Fungom. To the northwest they live in the third-class chiefdom of Nse, or Nser (with 300 inhabitants), the language of which is Nsaa and whose inhabitants are the Bunsaa. To the east they live along all the edges of that forest with, from north to south, the third-class chiefdoms of Lebo (with 200 inhabitants) and of Bukpang 2 (with 700 inhabitants). This area is called ‘Mashi Overside', including the district of Patali (and not Batari) towards Lebo... Naki, the only Beboid language of the Furu-Awa Subdivision, is spoken in the chiefdoms of Nse to the north of the Forest Reserve, and in those of Lebo and Bukpang 2 to the east."

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Other Languages Used By The Community
Jukun
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Writing Systems

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