Baka (Cameroon)
Baka (Cameroon) is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, Central African Republic, and Gabon. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Baka (also called Be-bayaga, Be-bayaka, and Bibaya de L’est) is a dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken by the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon and Gabon. Ethnically, the people are closely related to the Aka, collectively known as the Mbenga (Bambenga). However, the languages are not closely related within the Atlantic-Congo family, apart from some vocabulary dealing with the forest economy, which suggests the Aka may have shifted to Bantu, with an estimated 15,000 people having done so.
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Words in Baka (Cameroon)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | bo* | |
| name | ele* | |
| ear | Ebo* | |
| nose | bangabo* | |
| tooth | tEbo* | |
| tongue | mibo* | |
| hand | kpabo* | |
| blood | manda* | |
| bone | bEke* | |
| skin | kotobo* | |
| knee | nogbebo* | |
| breast | kabo* | |
| liver | ngEndE* | |
| water | yàm | |
| fire | wa* | |
| sun | bako* | |
| star | ngElEm* | |
| stone | timi* | |
| mountain | kEnga* | |
| leaf | kpa* | |
| dog | bolo* | |
| fish | si* | |
| louse | sili* | |
| one | kpode* | |
| two | bide* | |
| I | ma* | |
| you | mo* | |
| we | nga* | |
| drink | no* | |
| hear | E* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- GundiAtlantic-Congo65% alike
- Gbanziri-BorakaAtlantic-Congo42% alike
- MonzomboAtlantic-Congo40% alike
- GilimaAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- Ngbaka Ma'boAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- NdungaAtlantic-Congo24% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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