Nubaca

BAF

threatened

Alternate Names: Baca, Bango, Bongo, Central Yambassa, Nu Baca

Dialects: Center Nubaca, Kélendé, Nibiég. No significant dialect differences. Not intelligible with other Yambassa language varieties. Lexical similarity: 78% with Baka ,, 77% with Yangben ,, 72% with Elip , and Mmaala ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
A
Sanaga (A.621)

Demographics: 4,500 (2007 SIL). 0 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 5,000.

Language Use: Some indication speakers want to retain Nubaca. Some young people, all adults. Neutral attitudes. Also use Basaa [bas], Ewondo [ewo], French [fra].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Cameroon