Kwa’

BKO

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Alternate Names: Bakoa, Bakwa, Bamileke-Kwa

Dialects: Kwa’ (Babwa, Bakoua, Bekwa’, Mipa), Mbyam.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Wide Grassfields
Narrow Grassfields
Mbam-Nkam
Bamileke

Demographics: 1,000 (2000 SIL).

Language Use: All adults. Also use French [fra].

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: ‘Bamaha’ may be an alternate name. Distinct from Kwa , (Ba) of Nigeria in the Adamawa branch.