Bushi is a member of the East Barito branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages with about 806,000 speakers (in 1995). It is spoken in northwestern Madagascar in the Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez) and Mahajanga (Majunga) areas. There are also Bushi speakers on Mayotte in the Comorian islands, who make up about 40% of the island's population, or 39,000 people (in 2001).
Bushi is known as Kibushi in Mayotte, or Shibushi in the other local language, Shimaore. Dialects include Kiantalaotse and Kibushi-Kimaore.
This is the offical alphabet introduced by the Conseil de la Culture, de l'Education et de l'Environnement de Mayotte in February 2006. Before then Bushi was written with an informal French-based orthography.
Download a Bushi alphabet chart (Excel)
Ɓinadamu djabi nitirahinyi an-nafasi, reu bokeu miraŋa amin’ni usheu ndreka haki. Reu teraka ndreka ãkili ndreka hikima, amin’ni zenyi, reu nikulazimu nisi tweraŋa nin-fihavaŋa reu sambi reu.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Bushi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushi_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/buc
https://books.google.co.uk/books
http://archive.is/Qh1X
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 23.04.21
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