Bure | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Ethnicity | 500 (no date) [1] |
Native speakers | 20 (2011) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bvh |
Glottolog |
bure1242 |
ELP | 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. [2] 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). [3] [4] [5]
Compared to other languages of the same group (e.g. Bole or Karai-Karai), the endangerment of Bure is by far the most critical. [6]
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