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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Befang

Befang

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3bby

Population  2,980 (2000).
Region  North West Province, straddling Mezam Division, Tuba Subdivision and Menchum Division, Wum Subdivision, around Befang.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 158
Alternate names   Beba-Befang, Biba-Bifang, Bifang, Menchum
Dialects  Modele (Beekuru, Iku, Aku, Usheida, Modelle, Modeli, Idele, Ambabiko), Ushaku (Mukuru, Mokuru), Befang (Ge, Beba-Befang, Bifang, Abefang), Bangui (Bangwe, Bangwi), Obang, Okomanjang (Okoromandjang).
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Menchum