Baga, or Barka, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Baga people

Baga people

The Baga people live in the coastal area of Guinea. They can be subdivided into five groups of which Landouma is the largest, accounting for fifty percent of all ethnic Bagas. Apart from the various Baga languages, most of the Baga also speak the Mande language Susu, the regional trade language...

 of coastal Guinea. The name derives from the phrase bae raka 'people of the seaside'. Most Baga are bilingual in the Mande

Mande languages

The Mande languages are spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé people and include Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Bissa, Dioula, Kagoro, Bozo, Mende, Susu, Yacouba, Vai, and Ligbi...

 language Susu

Susu language

Sosoxui is the language of the Soso people of Guinea, West Africa. It is in the Mande language family.It is one of the national languages of Guinea and spoken mainly in the coastal region of the country. The language was also used by people in present-day Guinea as a trade language.e.g...

, the official regional language

Regional language

A regional language is a language spoken in an area of a nation state, whether it be a small area, a federal state or province, or some wider area....

. Two Baga communities, Sobané and Kaloum, are known to have abandoned their language altogether in favour of Susu.

The varieties as distinct enough to sometimes be considered different languages. They are:

Baga Binari

Baga Koga ( Koba)

Baga Manduri (Maduri, Mandari)

Baga Sitemu (Sitemú, Stem Baga, Rio Pongo Baga)

Baga Sobané (extinct)

Baga Kaloum (extinct)