Language
- Baka (fool), a Japanese word meaning "fool; idiot; foolish", and which applies to:
- "Baka", a World War II, American nickname for the Japanese Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka kamikaze plane
- Baka yoke, a Japanese term meaning fail-safing or "idiot-proofing"
- Baka language, a dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken in Cameroon and Gabon
- Baka language (South Sudan), a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan
- Bongo-Baka languages, a group of languages spoken in Southern Sudan
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