Baka language

Baka
Baka
Native to	Cameroon, Gabon; minor groups separate in the Central African Republic
Ethnicity	Baka people
Native speakers	(70,000 cited 1988–2010)
Language family	Niger-Congo? Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Savannas? Ubangian Sere–Mba Ngbaka Western Baka; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; bkc – Baka; gdi – Gundi (Ngundi); gnz – Ganzi; bme – Massa (Limassa)
Glottolog	baka1271
ELP	Baka (East Region, Cameroon); Ganzi; Gundi;

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. The people are ethnically close related to the Aka, collectively known as the Mbenga (Bambenga).However, the languages are not related, apart from some vocabulary dealing with the forest economy, which suggests the Aka may have shifted to Bantu, with an estimated 15000 people have shifted.

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