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Bole language

Bole language

Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria

Not to be confused with Dibole language.

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]

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Writing System

Bole alphabet[4]
ABƁCD ƊEGHI JKLMN OPRST UVWYʼY Z
abɓcd ɗeghi jklmn oprst uvwyʼy z

Notes

  1. [1]
    Bole at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. [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. [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

Look up Category:Bole lemmas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Bole language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


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