Bole (''bòo pikkà'',
also known as Bolanchi, Ampika, Borpika, Bolewa, Bolawa) is a
West Chadic language spoken in
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
.
Dialects
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety of a language that is ...
include Bara and Fika, spoken in the
Fika Emirate.
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Writing System
Notes
Further reading
*Alhaji Maina Gimba. 2000. "Bole Verb Morphology," University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation.
Bole-English-Hausa dictionary
English-Bole Wordlist
OLAC resources in and about the Bole language
West Chadic languages
Languages of Nigeria
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