Lefa

LFA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Balom, Fa’, Fak, Lefa’

Dialects: Cama (Tempanye), Lefa, Letia, Tingong. Intelligibility 81% of Bafia , (2001 M. Ayotte and M. Lamberty).

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
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Bafia (A.51)

Demographics: 10,000 (Mbongue et al. 2002).

Language Use: All ages.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: Ethnonym is Fa.