TWO C172'S EXPERIENCE NMAC IN UNCONTROLLED TRAFFIC PATTERN. LANGUAGE BARRIER WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

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WE RPTED 10 MI NW OF BXK WITH INTENTIONS TO ENTER AT 45 DEGS FOR A L DOWNWIND TO RWY 35. IMMEDIATELY AFTER OTHER C172 RPTED 10 MI E OF BXK REQUESTING ARPT ADVISORIES. AN UNKNOWN ACFT RPTED THAT RWY 35 WAS IN USE; L TFC AND 4 ACFT IN THE PATTERN. A FEW MINS LATER WE RPTED 5 MI NW OF BXK WITH INTENTIONS TO ENTER AT 45 DEGS FOR A L DOWNWIND TO RWY 35. IMMEDIATELY AFTER OTHER C172 RPTED 5 MI E OF BXK FOR L TFC RWY 35. A FEW MINS LATER WE RPTED 3 MI NW OF BXK ENTERING ON A L DOWNWIND RWY 35. IMMEDIATELY AFTER OTHER C172 RPTED 3 MI E OF BXK FOR A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 35. WE CALLED TO CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE 3 MI E (NOT W) WITH A CONFIRMATION THAT THEY WERE 3 MI E OF THE ARPT. AFTER ENTERING THE DOWNWIND FOR RWY 35 WE WERE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE ACFT. WE SPOTTED THE ACFT AT OUR 2 O'CLOCK POS; SAME ALT; APPROX 300 FT HORIZONTALLY IN A HARD L BANK TO AVOID US. IT APPEARS THAT THE OTHER C172 WAS W OF THE ARPT; NOT E; AND THEY WERE ON A 45 DEG ENTRY FOR R TFC RWY 17 INSTEAD OF THE RPTED L TFC FOR RWY 35. FROM THE FIRST CALL FROM OTHER C172 WE HAD A VERY HARD TIME COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR XMISSIONS DUE TO THE LACK OF ABILITY TO SPEAK THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.