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Hijuk language

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Hijuk
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
(400 cited 1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hij
Glottologhiju1238
A.501[2]
ELPHijuk

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

  1. ^ Hijuk at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online