Hijuk language

Hijuk
Hijuk
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	<15 (2018)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Bafia (A.50)?; Basaa (A.40)? Hijuk; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hij
Glottolog	hiju1238
Guthrie code	A.501
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]

NativetoCameroon

Native speakers

<15 (2018)^[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
  - Bantoid
    - Bantu (Zone A)
      - Bafia (A.50)?
        Basaa (A.40)?
        Hijuk

ISO 639-3hij

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