Bafaw-Balong language
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Bafaw | |
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Balong | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Bafaw people Balong people |
Native speakers | (8,400 cited 1982)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bwt |
Glottolog | bafa1247 |
A.13,141 [2] |
Bafaw-Balong is a Bantu language of Cameroon. There are two divergent varieties, Fo’ (Bafaw, Bafo, Bafowu, Afo, Nho, Lefo’) and Long (Balong, Balon, Balung, Nlong, Valongi, Bayi, Bai), which are sometimes considered distinct languages.
The Bafaw and Balong people are two of several who call themselves Ngoe as they share a legendary origin with speakers of the Ngoe languages, but their language is not part of that group.
References
- ^ Bafaw at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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