Bole language

Bole (bòo pikkà[4], also known as Bolanchi, Ampika, Borpika, Bolewa, Bolawa) is a West Chadic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects include Bara and Fika, spoken in the Fika Emirate.[1]

Bole
Bòò Pìkkà
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State
Native speakers	(100,000 cited 1990)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Bole (North) Bole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bol
Glottolog	nucl1695[2]

Pìkkà[3]
People	Am Pìkkà
Language	Bòò Pìkkà

Writing System

Bole alphabet[5]

A

B

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C

D

Ɗ

E

G

H

I

J

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M

N

O

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i

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ʼy

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Notes

1. Bole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bole". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
4. YAKUBOVICH, ILYA (October 2002). "Bole Language and Documentation Unit (BOLDU)". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 65 (03). doi:10.1017/s0041977x02000332. ISSN 0041-977X.
5. Maina Gimba, Baba Ali & Bah 2009, p. iv. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMaina_GimbaBaba_AliBah2009 (help)

Further reading

• Alhaji Maina Gimba. 2000. "Bole Verb Morphology," University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation.
• Bole-English-Hausa dictionary
• English-Bole Wordlist
• Papers and Other Works on Bole from UCLA
• OLAC resources in and about the Bole language