ISO 639-3 · bybbyb
Niger–Congo family
Bikya
Bikya is a language of the Beboid branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata describes it as “Bantoid language isolate spoken in Cameroon”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
byb- Glottocode
biky1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 10 Extinct
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
7levels in the tree
10EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bikya |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bikya language |
Vitality
EGIDS 10 Extinct10
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Bikya
The branches above Bikya, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Cameroon
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication