The Bafia language is a

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. T ...

spoken by 60,000 people in

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

according to 1991 figures.Bafia
Ethnologue, 1991, access date 30-03-2012

Overview

It is used in the Bafia subdivision of the Mbam and Inoubou Division in

Center Province The Centre Region (french: région du Centre) occupies 69,000 km2 of the central plains of the Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the north by the Adamawa Region, to the south by the South Region, to the east by the East Region, and to ...

in southwestern Cameroon. There are two varieties, Kpa and Pey. The former referred to the language was Rɨkpa, and to themselves as Bekpak; the latter Rɨpey. Pey may be a distinct language.http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2015-017.pdf

References

Bafia languages Languages of Cameroon {{Bantu-lang-stub