| Bure | |
| States: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Bauchi State |
| Ethnicity: | 500 (no date) |
| Speakers: | 20 |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Chadic |
| Fam3: | West Chadic |
| Fam4: | Bole–Angas |
| Fam5: | Bole–Tangale (A.2) |
| Fam6: | Bole (North) |
| Iso3: | bvh |
| Glotto: | bure1242 |
| Glottorefname: | Bure |
Bure, also known as Bubbure, is an Afro-Asiatic language belonging to the Bole-Tangale group of the West branch of the Chadic family. It is spoken in northern Nigeria in the village of Bure (10°31’06.16”N, 10°20’03.00”E, Kirfi Local Government, Bauchi State, Nigeria) and in some small settlements nearby.[1] The language is used mostly by a very few speakers, of great-grandparental generation. Except for Hausa, which is lingua franca in the area, Bure is surrounded by other Chadic languages such as Gera, Giiwo and Deno (Bole group).[2] [3] [4]
Compared to other languages of the same group (e.g. Bole or Karai-Karai), the endangerment of Bure is by far the most critical.[5]