Baga language

Baga
Baga
Barka
Native to	Guinea
Ethnicity	Baga
Native speakers	Koga: No data; Sitemu: 40,000 (2018); Mandari: 4,000 (2011); Kaloum: Extinct by the 1950s; Sobané: Extinct by the 1950s
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mel Temne Baga languages Baga; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; bgo – Koga; bsp – Sitemu; bmd – Mandari; bqf – Kaloum (spurious); bsv – Sobané (spurious)
Glottolog	temn1245 adds Temne & Landoma
ELP	Baga Koga; Baga Manduri; Baga Sitemu;

Baga, or Barka, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Baga people of coastal Guinea. The name derives from the phrase bae raka Slaves trading place ( a mispronounced bae=arabic for sellers and Raka= Arabic for slaves)and understood by the local as 'people of the seaside' outcasted people. Most Baga are bilingual in the Mande language Susu, the official regional language. Two ethnically Baga communities, Sobané and Kaloum, are known to have abandoned their (unattested) language altogether in favour of Susu.

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