Bikya

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: byb
Alternate Names: Furu
Population: No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers survived into the late 1980s (1986 R. Breton).
Location:: North West region: Menchum division, Furu-Awa subdivision, Furubana village.
Language Status: 10 (Extinct).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Unclassified
Dialects: None known. In Furu subgroup (2000 B. Connell). May be Eastern Beboid. Lexical similarity: 24% with Noone [nhu] (Beboid), 14% with Akum [aku].
Language Use: Shifted to Jukun Takum [jbu].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Bikya
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: North West region: Menchum division, Furu-Awa subdivision, Furubana village.