Bure

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A language of Nigeria

User Population

20 (Batic 2011), decreasing. Ethnic population: 500.

Location

Bauchi state: Kirfi LGA, Bure village.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Language Use

Elderly only. Most shifted to Hausa [hau] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007). Many shifted to Nigerian Fulfulde [fuv] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).

Other Comments

Muslim.