Bole language
| Bole | |
|---|---|
| bòo pìkkà | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State |
Native speakers | 250,000 (2023)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bol |
| Glottolog | nucl1695 |
| Pìkkà[2] | |
|---|---|
| People | Am Pìkkà |
| Language | Bòò Pìkkà |
Bole (bòo pìkkà,[3] also known as Bolanchi, Ampikka, Bopikka, Bolewa, Bolawa) is a West Chadic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects include Bara and Fika, spoken in the Fika Emirate.[1] It is spoken by around 250,000 people[4]. Bole is written with the Latin alphabet. Bole has two tones, a high tone marked with an acute accent and a low tone marked with a grave accent. [5]
Writing System
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| 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
[edit]- 1 2 Bole at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Schuh, Russell G. (October 1996). "Dymitr Ibriszimow and Alhaji Maina Gimba (ed.): Bole language and documentation Unit (BOLDU), Report I. (Westafrikanische Studien. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Sprachund Kulturgeschichte, Bd. 7.) 137 pp. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 1994. DM 32". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 59 (3): 620–621. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00031323. ISSN 1474-0699.
- ↑ "Ethnic Groups In Nigeria – The Bole People". Connectnigeria Articles. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
- ↑ "Bole language". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
- ↑ 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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Look up Category:Bole lemmas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- 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 Deprecated link archived 2016-12-19 at archive.today
- OLAC resources in and about the Bole language
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