Bafia language (Cameroon)

Kpa’
Bafia
Native to Cameroon
Native speakers
unknown (60,000 cited 1991)[1]
Dialects
Ripey (Bape)
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

  1. Kpa’ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bafia". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. 1 2 3 Bafia, Ethnologue, 1991, access date 30-03-2012
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