Boze language explained

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]

Distribution

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]

Boze dialect
Gorong dialect
Firu dialect
Mixed
Others

Notes and References

  1. Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
  2. Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press.