Bole language

Bole (bòo pikkà,[3] also known as Bolanchi, Ampika, Borpika, Bolewa, Bolawa) is a West Chadic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects include Bara and Fika, spoken in the Fika Emirate.[1]

Bole
Bòò Pìkkà
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State
Native speakers
200,000 (2020)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bol
Glottolognucl1695
Pìkkà[2]
PeopleAm Pìkkà
LanguageBòò Pìkkà

Writing System

Bole alphabet[4]
ABƁCD ƊEGHI JKLMN OPRST UVWYʼY Z
abɓcd ɗeghi jklmn oprst uvwyʼy z

Notes

  1. Bole at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. YAKUBOVICH, ILYA (October 2002). "Bole Language and Documentation Unit (BOLDU)". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 65 (3). doi:10.1017/s0041977x02000332. ISSN 0041-977X.
  4. Maina Gimba, Alhaji; Baba Ali, Malam; Bah, Madu (2009). Schuh, Russell G. (ed.). Bole-English-Hausa Dictionary and English-Bole Wordlist. Potiskum: Ajami Press. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0012-7677-1, p. iv.

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