Bafia language (Cameroon)
Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
Bafia | |
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Kpa | |
Rikpa | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Bafia people |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ksf |
Glottolog | bafi1243 |
A.53 [2] |
People | Bekpak |
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Language | Rikpa |
The Bafia language is a Bantu language spoken by 60,000 people in Cameroon according to 1991 figures.[3]
Overview
It is used in the Bafia subdivision of the Mbam and Inoubou Division in Center Province in southwestern Cameroon.[3] There are two varieties, Kpa and Pey.[3] The former referred to the language was Rɨkpa, and to themselves as Bekpak; the latter Rɨpey. Pey may be a distinct language.[4]
References
- ^ Bafia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ a b c Bafia Archived 2011-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, Ethnologue, 1991, access date 30-03-2012
- ^ "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2015.
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