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Hijuk language information


Hijuk
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
<15 (2018)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone A)
          • Bafia (A.50)?
            Basaa (A.40)?
            • Hijuk
Language codes
ISO 639-3hij
Glottologhiju1238
Guthrie code
A.501[2]
ELPHijuk

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]

  1. ^ a b Hijuk at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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