Bikya

Bikya
Spoken in	Cameroon ( Northwest Province , Menchum Division , Furu Awa Subdivision , Furubana City )
speaker	1
Linguistic ; classification	Niger-Congo Atlantic – Congo Benue – Congo Bantoid languages; ; Bikya ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	byb

Bikya (also known as Furu ) is an isolated bantoid language spoken in Cameroon .

In 1986, four surviving speakers were identified, although only one - a man over the age of 70 - was still fluent in the language.

However, an 87-year-old woman who spoke Bikya as her mother tongue was filmed. All records indicate that she was the last speaker to speak that language fluently. The recordings were made for the archive to preserve the language before it disappears forever.

literature

Breton, Roland (1995) 'Les Furu et leur voisins', Cahier Sciences Humaines , 31, 1, 17-48.
Breton, Roland (1993) "Is there a Furu Language Group? An investigation on the Cameroon-Nigeria Border", The Journal of West African Languages , 23, 2, 97-98.

Individual evidence

↑ (1986 Breton)
↑ Bikya is probably best known for the work of English linguist Dr. David Dalby who filmed an 87-year-old African woman who spoke Bikya as her native tongue.

[1] (1986 Breton)

[2] Bikya is probably best known for the work of English linguist Dr. David Dalby who filmed an 87-year-old African woman who spoke Bikya as her native tongue.