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Bikya

Bikya

Critically endangered or extinctNiger-Congo, Southern Bantoid (Furu)CameroonOne fluent speaker identified in 1986; likely none today0 documented words

Bikya became widely known when a single elderly speaker was recorded in 1986. No later fluent speaker has been confirmed.

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History and language shift

Bikya belongs to the small Furu cluster of Southern Bantoid languages whose internal classification remains debated.

Revitalization

No revitalization programme is known. The recorded material is a short word list and a filmed interview.