Hijuk language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo languages Benue - Congo languages Bantoide languages Bantu languages Hijuk

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Hijuk is a Bantu language and is spoken by about 400 people in Cameroon ( census 1992).

It is spoken in a village area southwest of Bokito Mbam in the district in the province center.

Classification

Hijuk is a Northwest Bantu language and belongs to Bafia group that is classified as Guthrie Zone A50.

Approximately 45% of the vocabulary have similarities with the vocabulary of the language Bafia, approximately 84 % of the Bassa language.

Language family Centre Region (Cameroon) Bafia languages Malcolm Guthrie Bafia language (Cameroon) Kaalong language Fa’ language Tibea language
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