Bole language
Not to be confused with Dibole language.
Bole | |
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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 [2] |
Bole (also known as Bolanchi, Ampika, Borpika, Bolewa, Bolawa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects include Bara and Fika, spoken in the Fika Emirate.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 Bole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nuclear Bole". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Further reading
- Alhaji Maina Gimba. 2000. "Bole Verb Morphology," University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation.
- Bole - English - Hausa dictionary
- OLAC resources in and about the Bole language
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