| Bafia | |
| Also Known As: | Kpa |
| Nativename: | Rikpa |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity: | Bafia people |
| Speakers: | 60,000 |
| Date: | 1991 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Bantu (Zone A) |
| Fam6: | Bafia languages (A.50) |
| Dia1: | Ripey (Bape) |
| Iso3: | ksf |
| Glotto: | bafi1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Bafia |
| Guthrie: | A.53 |
The Bafia language is a Bantu language spoken by 60,000 people in Cameroon according to 1991 figures.[1]
It is used in the Bafia subdivision of the Mbam and Inoubou Division in Center Province in southwestern Cameroon.[1] There are two varieties, Kpa and Pey.[1] The former referred to the language was Rɨkpa, and to themselves as Bekpak; the latter Rɨpey. Pey may be a distinct language.[2]