Also Known As:
Aka, Nyoyaka, Beká, Pygmée de Mongoumba, Pygmée de la Lobaye, Pygmées de la Sanghas, Babinga, Bambenga, Binga, Beka, Mòáka
Dialects & Varieties
- Nzari
- Beka
- Bambenzele
- Basese
Recent Resources
A trailer for the 2011 film Oka! about the Bayaka people and an ethnomusicologist.
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.