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Boze language

Boze language

East Kainji language of Nigeria

Boze, also rendered Buji, is an East Kainji language of Nigeria belonging to the Shammo cluster. Boze is spoken in a contiguous area Bicizà, directly to the north of Jos city in Plateau State, Nigeria.[1]

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Dialects include Boze, Gorong, and Firu.[1]

Distribution

Boze (ɛBoze), also called Buji, is spoken in many villages to the west and northwest of Jos.[2]

Below are village names organized by dialect, with modern names are given in parentheses.[1]

Boze dialect
  • Bīntīrí
  • Bìsɔ̄ (Rùmáná)
  • Bɛ̄hɔ̄lɛ̄
  • Gbàndāŋ
  • Ɔ̀bɛ̀nɛ̀ àkùrá (Màirágá)
  • Ɔ̀pɛ̄ɛ̀gɔ̄
  • Ɔ̀tɔ̀ɔ̀tùsū (Rùmfán Gwómnà)
  • Rībàmbōzē
  • Rīdāpɔ̄
  • Tìpɔ́ɔ̀ táázà (ādònkòròŋ)
  • Tìpɔ́ɔ̀ tādīzì (Kwánà)
  • Tūūmū (Sə́rə́rí)
  • Ūgbàrà
  • Ùkúū
Gorong dialect
  • Màlēēmpē (Jéjìn Fílí)
  • Ɔ̄wɔ̀ɔ̀yɔ̄ɔ̄yɔ̀
  • Rɛ̀shɔ́kɔ̄
  • Rɛ̀tɛ̄ɛ̄ rūjà (Ùrɛ̀kùn)
  • Rɛ̀wɔ̄ɔ̄ (Ràfín Gwázá)
  • Úlìndāŋ
Firu dialect
  • Tūmbàkīrì (Kìrāŋ̄gō)
  • Ùkwə̀shì
  • Zə̀ə̀lə̀kì (Gìndáu)
Mixed
  • Zùùkū (NNPC Depot)
Others
  • Ɛ̀fīīrù (Kòòfá)
  • Īcīzā
  • Īncā (Táshà)
  • Ɔ̀bɛ̀nɛ̀ (Sə́rə́rí)

References

  1. [1]
    Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323
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