Baka language

Baka
Native toCameroon, Gabon; minor groups separate in the Central African Republic
EthnicityBaka
Native speakers
(70,000 cited 1988–2010)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
bkc – Baka
gdi – Gundi (Ngundi)
gnz – Ganzi
bme – Massa (Limassa)
Glottologbaka1271
ELP

Baka (also called Be-bayaga, Be-bayaka, and Bibaya de L’est) is a dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken by the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon and Gabon. The people are ethnically close related to the Aka, collectively known as the Mbenga (Bambenga).However, the languages are not related, apart from some vocabulary dealing with the forest economy, which suggests the Aka may have shifted to Bantu, with an estimated 15000 people have shifted.

  1. ^ Baka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Gundi (Ngundi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Ganzi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Massa (Limassa) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)