The Bishuo language is an extinct or nearly extinct southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It was spoken in the North West Province, Menchum Department, Furu-Awa Subdivision, Ntjieka, Furu-Turuwa and the Furu-Sambari villages. It was related to Bikya language. It was reported by Breton 1986 that the Bishuo people had shifted to Jukun, with apparently only one remaining person, over 60 years old, who knew any Bishuo.
The Bishuolanguage is an extinct or nearly extinct southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It was spoken in the North West Province, Menchum Department...
non-Jukunoid languages, among which Bikya and Bishuo are probably Beboid, but Busuu has been unable to be classified. All of these languages were spoken...
extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...
extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant. There are 57 languages listed...
languages of Cameroon. Suggested Furu languages are: Bikya (Furu), Bishuo, Busuu, ?Lubu Word lists for the first three languages were compiled by Michel Dieu,...
Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of...
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