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Bafia language

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Bafia
Kpaʼ
Rɨkpaʼ
Native toCameroon
EthnicityBafia people
Native speakers
67,000 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ksf
Glottologbafi1243
A.53[2]
PeopleƁəkpaʼ
LanguageRɨkpaʼ

Bafia or Kpaʼ is a Bantu language spoken by 70,000 Bafia people in Cameroon according to 2005 figures.[1] It is used in the Bafia subdivision of the Mbam and Inoubou Division in Center Province in southwestern Cameroon.[1] Speakers refer to the language as Rɨkpaʼ and to themselves as Ɓəkpaʼ (Bekpak).[3]

Pey (Rɨpeʔ) is sometimes counted as a dialect but is quite different and may instead be a variety of Kaalong.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bafia at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]