The Maka or Makaa are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the southern rain forest zone of Cameroon. They live primarily in the northern portions of the Upper Nyong division of Cameroon's East Province. Major Maka settlements include Abong-Mbang, Doumé, and Nguélémendouka. Some Maka villages lie over the border into the Centre Province, as well.
Most Maka speak a language known as Maka or South Maka, which had an estimated 80,000 speakers in 1987. In the north of Maka territory, speakers use a related language known as Byep, or North Maka. Byep had an estimated 9,500 speakers in 1988. Though they consider themselves a single people, Maka dialects serve as a form of identity as well. The main dialects are Maka are Bebent (Bebende, Biken, Bewil, Bemina), Mbwaanz, and Sekunda. Byep has two dialects, Byep and Besep (Besha, Bindafum).
^This is the combined total of Makaa and Byep speakers according to Ethnologue.
The Maka or Makaa are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the southern rain forest zone of Cameroon. They live primarily in the northern portions of the Upper...
Look up makaa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Makaa may refer to: Makaa language of Cameroon Maka people, the people who speak that language Makah...
Makaa (Maka), or South Makaa, is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is not intelligible with the other language spoken by the Makaapeople, North Makaa...
(North) Makaa, is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Although spoken by the Makaapeople and closely related, it is not intelligible with South Makaa. Byep at...
Bekwel. They speak Njyem ("NJY"), one of the Makaa–Njem Bantu languages. The Makaa–Njyem-speaking peoples entered present-day Cameroon from the Congo River...
Albarn, a character in the Soul Eater manga and anime series Maka people, of Cameroon Makaa language, of Cameroon Maka Obolashvili, Georgian track and field...
Konabembe people, all related groups. The Nzime speak the Nzime dialect of Koonzime ("OZM"), one of the Makaa–Njyem Bantu languages. The Makaa–Njyem-speaking...
"Kirdi", non-Islamic or recently Islamic peoples of the northern desert and central highlands (18%). 113,000 Igbo people live in Cameroon. The Cameroon government...
"Nightlife in Accra" and "Agoo" from his debut album in 1997 entitled "Makaa! Maka!". Launched on an independent label called KASSA RECORDS that he partly...
African people Indigenous people of Africa Ethnic groups in Chad List of ethnic groups in Rivers State List of ethnic groups in Tanzania European people Classification...
those of the Lala and Bakola clans. The Ngumba and Kwassio (speakers of Makaa–Njem languages) and Bagyeli tribes also reside in the area, the Bagyeli...
G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by status: List of Indigenous peoples List of diasporas List of stateless nations regional lists: Ethnic groups...
70,000[citation needed] members of the Ngumba, Kwasio, Gyele and Mabi peoples.[citation needed] Many authors view Kwasio and the Gyele/Kola language...
since he spawned a new music genre in the country. After his debut album Makaa Maka, with the hit single "Choo boi", several hiplife acts followed. Although...
district Molundu. The area was inhabited primarily by Bantu peoples, especially Omvang, Makaa and Kaka as well as the Ubangi-speaking Gbaya. In the 1909...
is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Nzime and Dwe'e (Bajwe'e) people. Maho (2009) lists these as two languages. It is closely related to Mpo...
encourages persecution of suspected witches. In Cameroon among the Maka people, witchcraft is known as djambe and encompasses occult, transformative, killing...
marching song in the Finnish military with the words "Kalle-Kustaan muori makaa hiljaa haudassaan, ja yli haudan me marssimme näin" ("Carl Gustaf's hag...
Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2024. Makaʻa, Gina (20 February 2024). "14-Day Nomination Period for Joint SI Elections...
vegetarian friendly and a delight to the taste buds. Even for South Asian people, this wide variety of vegetables, fruits, grains and spices used in various...
a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu peoples of Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeast Africa. They form the largest...
song with the highlife genre is known to be Reggie Rockstone. His album; Makaa maka was the first hiplife album to be recorded. Zapp worked on some of...
Global Information
Maka woman with panier on the way to her fields.