Boze | |
Also Known As: | Buji |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Jos Plateau |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Kainji |
Fam5: | East Kainji |
Fam6: | Shammo |
Glotto: | buji1242 |
Glottorefname: | Buji |
Person: | unaBoze |
People: | anaBoze |
Language: | εBoze |
Root: | Boze |
Person: | unεGorong (unaGorong) |
People: | anεGorong (anaGorong) |
Language: | εGorong |
Root: | Gorong |
Person: | unoFiru |
People: | ànoFíru |
Language: | εFiru |
Root: | Firu |
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]
Dialects include Boze, Gorong, and Firu.[1]
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]