Bole language

Not to be confused with Dibole language.

Bole
Bòò Pìkkà
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State
Native speakers	(100,000 cited 1990)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Bole (North) Bole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bol
Glottolog	nucl1695

Pìkkà
People	Am Pìkkà
Language	Bòò Pìkkà

Bole (bòo pikkà, 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.

Writing System

Bole alphabet

A

B

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E

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g

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Further reading

• Alhaji Maina Gimba. 2000. "Bole Verb Morphology," University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation.
• Bole-English-Hausa dictionary Archived 2018-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
• English-Bole Wordlist Archived 2018-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Papers and Other Works on Bole from UCLA Archived 2016-12-19 at archive.today
• OLAC resources in and about the Bole language