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

Bafia

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3ksf

Population  60,000 (1991 UBS).
Region  Center Province, Mbam and Inoubou Division, Bafia Subdivision.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 229
Alternate names   Bekpak, Rikpa, Rikpa’, Ripey
Dialects  Kpa, Bape.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Bafia (A.50)
Language development  NT: 1996.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Refer to their language as ‘Rikpa’ and to themselves as ‘Bekpak’.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AYOTTE, Michael; LAMBERTY, Melinda, authors. 2002. "Intelligibility testing of Bafia among Lefa speakers."  Available online

BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth; ENGELBERT, Domche Teko; MBONGUÉ, Joseph, authors. 2002. "Première évaluation globale de la situation sociolinguistique de la langue Lefa (léfaʼ)."  Available online