Bole language

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The Bole language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria, notably in Gombe and Yobe States, by the Bole people.

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Label Occurrences
Bole language canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
West Chadic language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Nigeria
ethnicGroup Bole people NERFINISHED
glottologName Bole (Nigeria) NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Bole (Nigeria) NERFINISHED
Bole of Nigeria NERFINISHED
Bolewa NERFINISHED
hasEthnologueEntry Bole NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode bole1246
hasISO6393Code bol
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tone language
hasNeighboringLanguage Hausa language NERFINISHED
Karekare language
Ngamo language NERFINISHED
Tangale language
hasStandardReference Newman 1977 Bole language studies
Schuh 1981 Bole materials
hasSubjectPeople Bole people NERFINISHED
isPartOf Bole–Tangale languages NERFINISHED
West Chadic B NERFINISHED
isSpokenNear Fika
Gombe NERFINISHED
Kaltungo NERFINISHED
Potiskum NERFINISHED
languageBranch Chadic NERFINISHED
languageFamily Afroasiatic
languageGroup Bole–Tangale NERFINISHED
languageSubbranch West Chadic NERFINISHED
majorReligionOfSpeakers Islam NERFINISHED
primaryLocation Gombe State NERFINISHED
Yobe State NERFINISHED
region Northeastern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria NERFINISHED
spokenBy Bole people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Gombe State NERFINISHED
Nigeria
Yobe State NERFINISHED
usedIn local trade in northeastern Nigeria
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Tangale isRelatedTo Bole language