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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: BYB
ISO 639-2: bnt
| Population | 1 speaker, plus 3 others who have limited proficiency (1986 R. Breton). |
| Region | Furubana village, Furu-Awa Subdivision, Menchum Division, North West Province. |
| Alternate names | FURU |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Unclassified. |
| Comments | May be Eastern Beboid. 24% lexical similarity with Nsaa and Noone (Beboid), 14% with Akum. Bilingualism in Jukun. The speaker is over 70 years old (1986 R. Breton). The people are now called 'Furu', and speak Jukun. They were formerly called 'Bikya.' Mountain slope. Nearly extinct. |
