Byep language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Cameroon}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Byep

|altname=Maka

|nativename=North Makaa

|states=Cameroon

|ethnicity=Makaa

|speakers=9,500

|date=1988

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantu (Zone A)

|fam5=Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90)

|fam6=Ndzem–Bomwali

|fam7=Makaa

|dia1=Besep

|iso3=mkk

|glotto=byep1241

|glottorefname=Byep-Besep

|guthrie=A.831

}}

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.