Bole language
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Bole | |
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Bòò Pìkkà | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1990)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bol |
Glottolog | nucl1695 |
Pìkkà[2] | |
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People | Am Pìkkà |
Language | Bòò Pìkkà |
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]
Writing System
A | B | Ɓ | C | D | Ɗ | E | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | ʼY | Z |
a | b | ɓ | c | d | ɗ | e | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | v | w | y | ʼy | z |
Notes
- ^ a b Bole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
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- 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
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