Bole language

Pìkkà^[2]
Pìkkà
People	Am Pìkkà
Language	Bòò Pìkkà

Bole
Bole
bòo pìkkà
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State
Native speakers	250,000 (2023)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Bole (North) Bole; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Bara; Fika;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bol
Glottolog	nucl1695

Bole (bòo pìkkà,^[3] 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.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Bole at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
^ 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. 59 (3): 620–621. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00031323. ISSN 1474-0699.

[e27-1] Bole at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[BlenchAtlas4-2] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

[3] 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. 59 (3): 620–621. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00031323. ISSN 1474-0699.

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Bole language

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