Bole language

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Bole
Native to Nigeria
Region Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State
Native speakers
100,000  (1990)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bol

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.[2]

Notes

  1. Bole reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Further reading

  • Alhaji Maina Gimba. 2000. "Bole Verb Morphology," University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation.


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