Bafia language (Cameroon)
| Kpa’ | |
|---|---|
| Bafia | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1991)[1] |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ksf |
| Glottolog |
bafi1243[2] |
A.53[3] | |
| People | Bekpak |
|---|---|
| Language | Rikpa |
The Bafia language is a Bantu language spoken by 60,000 people in Cameroon according to 1991 figures.[4]
Overview
It is used in the Bafia subdivision of the Mbam and Inoubou Division in Center Province in southwestern Cameroon.[4] There are two varieties, Kpa and Pey.[4] The former call their language Rɨkpa and themselves as Bekpak, the latter Rɨpey. Pey may be a distinct language.[5]
References
- ↑ Kpa’ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bafia". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- 1 2 3 Bafia, Ethnologue, 1991, access date 30-03-2012
- ↑
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