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]
| Bure | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
| Ethnicity | 500 (no date)[1] |
Native speakers | 20 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bvh |
| Glottolog | bure1242 |
| ELP | Bure |
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]
References
edit- ^ a b Bure at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Batic, Gian Claudio (2023). "Grammatical Sketch of Bure" (published 2014). ISBN 978-3896455284.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Batic, Gian Claudio (2023). "Documenting Bure, a Chadic Language of Northern Nigeria: the Clause Structure" (published 2013).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Batic, Gian Claudio (2023). "Documenting Bure, a Chadic Language of Northern Nigeria: the Clause Structure" (published 2011).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Batic, Gian Claudio (2023). "The Bure Language: an Overview" (published 2011).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Haruna, Andrew (2023). "Language Death: The case of Bubburè in Southern Bauchi Area, Northern Nigeria" (published 2000).
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- The Clause Structure. In 14th Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Linguistics (Dell'Orso), pp. 225–238.
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