Bafia
A language of Cameroon
| Population | 60,000 (1991 UBS). |
| Region | Center Province, Mbam and Inoubou Division, Bafia Subdivision. |
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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."
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BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth; ENGELBERT, Domche Teko; MBONGUÉ, Joseph, authors. 2002. "Première évaluation globale de la situation sociolinguistique de la langue Lefa (léfaʼ)."
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