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Byep language

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Byep
Maka
North Makaa
Native toCameroon
EthnicityMakaa
Native speakers
(9,500 cited 1988)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Besep
Language codes
ISO 639-3mkk
Glottologbyep1241
A.831[2]

Byep, or (North) Makaa, is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Although spoken by the Makaa people and closely related, it is not intelligible with South Makaa.

References

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  1. ^ Byep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online