Bishuo language
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The Bishuo Language is a language
of Cameroon
. It was spoken in the North West Province, Menchum Division, Furu-Awa Subdivision, Ntjieka, Furu-Turuwa, and the Furu-Sambari villages. It was related to Bikya. It was reported by Breton 1986 that the Bishuo people had shifted to Jukun
. However, there was apparently 1 remaining person who knew any Bishuo. This person was, according to Ethnologue, over 60 years old. Nevertheless, he or she is mysterious. Since this person was alive in 1986 and was reasonable elderly, he or she may be dead, and Bishuo could be an extinct language
.
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
of Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
. It was spoken in the North West Province, Menchum Division, Furu-Awa Subdivision, Ntjieka, Furu-Turuwa, and the Furu-Sambari villages. It was related to Bikya. It was reported by Breton 1986 that the Bishuo people had shifted to Jukun
Jukun
Jukun or Djugun or Dyugun may refer to:*Jukun people *Jukun Takum language*Jukun people *Jukun language...
. However, there was apparently 1 remaining person who knew any Bishuo. This person was, according to Ethnologue, over 60 years old. Nevertheless, he or she is mysterious. Since this person was alive in 1986 and was reasonable elderly, he or she may be dead, and Bishuo could be an extinct language
Extinct language
An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers., or that is no longer in current use. Extinct languages are sometimes contrasted with dead languages, which are still known and used in special contexts in written form, but not as ordinary spoken languages for everyday communication...
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