| Bole | |
|---|---|
| bòo pìkkà | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State |
Native speakers | 250,000 (2023)[1] |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bol |
| Glottolog | nucl1695 |
| Pìkkà[2] | |
|---|---|
| People | Am Pìkkà |
| Language | Bòò Pìkkà |
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]
- ^ a b Bole at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ 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.
