Bura language

Summary

Bura-Pabir (also known as Bura, Burra, Bourrah, Pabir, Babir, Babur, Barburr, Mya Bura, Kwojeffa, Huve, Huviya) is a Chadic language spoken in North-eastern Nigeria by the Babur/Bura people. Dialects include Pela, Bura Pela, Hill Bura, Hyil Hawul, Bura Hyilhawul, and Plain Bura. The language is closely related to Kilba, Chibok, Margi and a few other north-eastern Nigerian Languages.[citation needed]

Bura
Mya Bura or Bura-Pabir
Native toNigeria
RegionBorno State, Adamawa State, Yobe State, Gombe State
Native speakers
510,000 (2020)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bwr
Glottologbura1292
Linguasphere18-GBB-d (-da -db -dc)

Orthography edit

In the 2010 Bura-English Dictionary[2] Roger Blench proposed an orthography similar to that of Hausa includes the Latin alphabet with the addition of the letters ɓ, ɗ, ə, and ƙ. In addition, the following digraphs are used:

IPA Orthography
[ɬ] tl
[ɮ] dl
[ɣ] gh

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Bura at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)  
  2. ^ "Roger Blench: Bura opening page". www.rogerblench.info. Retrieved 2022-08-14.

References edit

  • World Atlas of Language Structures entry for Bura-Pabir