Bafia languages explained

Bafia
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Southern Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu (Zone A.50)
Glotto:bafi1244
Glottorefname:Bafia (A.50)
Child1:Fa’
Child2:Kaalong
Child3:Bafia (Kpa)
Child4:Tibea (Ngayaba)

The Bafia languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone A.50 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are:

Fa’ (Lefa), Kaalong (Dimbong), Kpa (Bafia), Ngayaba (Tibea)Hijuk was listed as unclassified A.50 in Guthrie, but according to Ethnologue it is quite similar to Basaa.

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