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Hijuk language

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Native to
  
ISO 639-3
  
hij

Guthrie code
  
A.501

Native speakers
  
(400 cited 1992)

Glottolog
  
hiju1238

Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone A)Bafia (A.50)?Basaa (A.40)?Hijuk

Hijuk is a minor Bantu language of Cameroon. Guthrie had left it unclassified within the Bafia languages (A.50), but according to Ethnologue 16, it has only 45% lexical similarity with Bafia, and 84% with Basaa.

References

Hijuk language Wikipedia


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