Hijuk language
Nearly extinct Bantu language of Cameroon
Hijuk | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Native speakers | <15 (2018)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hij |
Glottolog | hiju1238 |
A.501 [2] | |
ELP | Hijuk |
Hijuk is a nearly extinct Bantu language of Cameroon. Guthrie had left it unclassified within the Bafia languages (A.50), but according to Ethnologue, it has only 31% lexical similarity with Bafia, and 87% with Basaa.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hijuk at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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