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Name: Aka
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Yaka (in Central African Republic); Nyoyaka; Beká; Pygmée de Mongoumba; Pygmée de la Lobaye; Pygmées de la Sanghas; "Babinga"; "Bambenga"; Binga; Beka; Mòáka; Yaka
Spoken in: Congo, Central African Republic
Number of speakers: 15,000 in Central African Republic (1996). Population total all countries: 30,000 (Ethnologue)
Code: axk
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup: Ngando (C.10) (ngao)
Child Dialects: Nzari (axk-nza) Bambenzele; Western Aka (axk-bam) Beka; Gbayaka; Bayaka; Moyaka (axk-bek) Basese; Eastern Aka (axk-bas)

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