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.