Bafaw-Balong language

Bafaw-Balong is a Bantu language of Cameroon. There are two divergent varieties, Fo’ (Bafaw, Bafo, Bafowu, Afo, Nho, Lefo’) and Long (Balong, Balon, Balung, Nlong, Valongi, Bayi, Bai), which are sometimes considered distinct languages.

Bafaw
Balong
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Bafaw people Balong people
Native speakers	(8,400 cited 1982)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A.10) perhaps Sawabantu? Bafo–Bonkeng Bafaw
Dialects	Fo’ (Bafaw) Long (Balong)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bwt
Glottolog	bafa1247
Guthrie code	A.13,141[2]

The Bafaw and Balong people are two of several who call themselves Ngoe as they share a legendary origin with speakers of the Ngoe languages, but their language is not part of that group.