The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: BWH
ISO 639-2: bnt
| Population | 1 speaker, plus 1 partial speaker (1986 R. Breton). |
| Region | Ntjieka, Furu-Turuwa, and Furu-Sambari villages, Furu-Awa Subdivision, Menchum Division, North West Province. |
| Alternate names | BIYAM, FURU |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Unclassified. |
| Comments | May be Jukunoid. 16% to 17% lexical similarity with Nsaa and Noone, 11% with Bikya. Bilingualism in Jukun. The speaker is over 60 years old (1986 R. Breton). The people are called 'Furu' and now speak Jukun. There were formerly called 'Biyam.' Mountain slope. Nearly extinct. |
