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]

Bole
bòo pìkkà
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State
Native speakers
250,000 (2023)[1]
Dialects
  • Bara
  • Fika
Language codes
ISO 639-3bol
Glottolognucl1695
Pìkkà[2]
PeopleAm Pìkkà
LanguageBòò Pìkkà

Writing System

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Bole alphabet[4]
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

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  1. ^ a b Bole at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)  
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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