Boze, also rendered Buji, is an East Kainji language of Nigeria belonging to the Shammo cluster. Boze is spoken in a contiguous area Bicizà, directly to the north of Jos city in Plateau State, Nigeria.[1]
| Boze | |
|---|---|
| Buji | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Jos Plateau |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | buji1242 |
| Boze | |
|---|---|
| Person | unaBoze |
| People | anaBoze |
| Language | εBoze |
| Gorong | |
|---|---|
| Person | unεGorong (unaGorong) |
| People | anεGorong (anaGorong) |
| Language | εGorong |
| Firu | |
|---|---|
| Person | unoFiru |
| People | ànoFíru |
| Language | εFiru |
Dialects include Boze, Gorong, and Firu.[1]
Distribution
editBoze (ɛBoze), also called Buji, is spoken in many villages to the west and northwest of Jos.[2]
Below are village names organized by dialect, with modern names are given in parentheses.[1]
- Boze dialect
- Bīntīrí
- Bìsɔ̄ (Rùmáná)
- Bɛ̄hɔ̄lɛ̄
- Gbàndāŋ
- Ɔ̀bɛ̀nɛ̀ àkùrá (Màirágá)
- Ɔ̀pɛ̄ɛ̀gɔ̄
- Ɔ̀tɔ̀ɔ̀tùsū (Rùmfán Gwómnà)
- Rībàmbōzē
- Rīdāpɔ̄
- Tìpɔ́ɔ̀ táázà (ādònkòròŋ)
- Tìpɔ́ɔ̀ tādīzì (Kwánà)
- Tūūmū (Sə́rə́rí)
- Ūgbàrà
- Ùkúū
- Gorong dialect
- Màlēēmpē (Jéjìn Fílí)
- Ɔ̄wɔ̀ɔ̀yɔ̄ɔ̄yɔ̀
- Rɛ̀shɔ́kɔ̄
- Rɛ̀tɛ̄ɛ̄ rūjà (Ùrɛ̀kùn)
- Rɛ̀wɔ̄ɔ̄ (Ràfín Gwázá)
- Úlìndāŋ
- Firu dialect
- Tūmbàkīrì (Kìrāŋ̄gō)
- Ùkwə̀shì
- Zə̀ə̀lə̀kì (Gìndáu)
- Mixed
- Zùùkū (NNPC Depot)
- Others
- Ɛ̀fīīrù (Kòòfá)
- Īcīzā
- Īncā (Táshà)
- Ɔ̀bɛ̀nɛ̀ (Sə́rə́rí)
Phonology
editConsonants
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Labio- velar |
Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | k͡p | |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ɡ͡b | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | h | ||
| voiced | v | z | ʒ | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
- Sounds /b, k, ɡ/ may also be both labialized [bʷ, kʷ, ɡʷ] and palatalized [bʲ, kʲ, ɡʲ].
- Labial-velar sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b/ may also be heard in free variation with labialized sounds [kʷ, ɡʷ].[3]
Vowels
edit| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| High-mid | e eː | ə əː | o oː |
| Low-mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
| Low | a aː |
References
edit- ^ a b c Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
- ^ Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323
- ^ Blench, Roger (2018). Dictionary of the ɛBoze language of Central Nigeria.