Burak language
| Burak | |
|---|---|
| Ɓúúrák | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Gombe State |
Native speakers | (4,000 cited 1992)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bys |
| Glottolog | bura1271 |
| Ɓúúrák[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | yu Ɓuurak |
| People | yele Ɓuurak |
| Language | nyuwǎ Ɓúúrák |
Burak (Ɓúúrák) is an Adamawa language spoken by the Burak people in Nigeria.[3][4] The main settlement of the Burak, in the northern foothills of the Chonge-Mona Range, is called "Burak" by others but "Tiire" by its inhabitants.[4] Estimates based on the census of 1991 give about 4,634 people living in the Burak Village Area.[4] Other settlements where significant numbers of Burak people live include Looyii, Layara, Daajelum, Taljwi, Pirim, Nyuaabwetek, Nyuaafiikum, and Dikadit.[4] The last of these was once the main settlement of the Burak.[4]
Religiously, the Burak traditionally practice ancestor veneration, in a similar manner to the Pero.[4]
References
[edit source]- ↑ Burak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Adelberger, Jörg; Blench, Roger (2026). "The peopling of the Muri Mountains, Northern Nigeria: evidence from linguistics and ethnography". AAeO - Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. doi:10.18716/OJS/AAEO/2026_12031.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Adelberger, Jörg (2024). "The Burak" (PDF). A Comprehensive Ethnographic Overview of the Muri Mountains. Ramsgate, Kent (UK): Mandaras Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906168-16-2.
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