Bole language explained

Bole language should not be confused with Dibole language.

Bole
Nativename:	bòo pìkkà
States:	Nigeria
Region:	Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State
Date:	2023
Ref:	e27
Dia1:	Bara
Dia2:	Fika
Familycolor:	Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:	Chadic
Fam3:	West Chadic
Fam4:	Bole–Angas
Fam5:	Bole–Tangale (A.2)
Fam6:	Bole (North)
Iso3:	bol
Glotto:	nucl1695
Glottorefname:	Bole

People:	Am Pìkkà
Language:	Bòò Pìkkà
Root:	Pìkkà^[1]

Bole (bòo pìkkà,^[2] 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.

Writing System

Bole alphabet^[3]

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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

Notes and References

1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.
2. 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 . en . 59 . 3 . 620–621 . 10.1017/S0041977X00031323 . 1474-0699.
3. Book: Maina Gimba . Alhaji . Baba Ali . Malam . Bah . Madu . Schuh . Russell G. . Bole-English-Hausa Dictionary and English-Bole Wordlist . 2009 . Potiskum . Ajami Press . 11858/00-001M-0000-0012-7677-1 . none., p. iv.