Alternate Names: Bacheve, Bechere, Becheve, Icheve, Ocebe, Ochebe, Ocheve, Utse, Utser, Utseu
Dialects: Icheve (Bacheve), Oliti (Akwaya Motom, Ihekwot, Kwaya, Maci, Matchi, Motomo, Olit, Olithi, Oliti-Akwaya). Lexical similarity: 80% between the Maci and Bacheve dialects, 60% with Otank ,, 50% with Evant , and Tiv ,, 40% with Eman , and Mesaka ,, 35% with Esimbi ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 7,000 in Cameroon (1990). Population total all countries: 12,000.
Language Use: Vigorous. All ages. Positive attitudes. Older males can speak some Denya-Kenyang [anv]. Also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes], Evant [bzz].
Language Development: Radio programs.
Typology: SVO; noun head Initial; 10 noun classes, marked by prefixes and suffixes; clause constituent marked by word order; tonal.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Cameroon
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.