Bafia
Kpa
Rikpa
Native toCameroon
EthnicityBafia people
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1991)[1]
Dialects
  • Ripey (Bape)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ksf
Glottologbafi1243
A.53[2]
PeopleBekpak
LanguageRikpa

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

  1. ^ Bafia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ a b c Bafia Archived 2011-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, Ethnologue, 1991, access date 30-03-2012
  4. ^ "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2015.
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