Boze
Buji
Native toNigeria
RegionJos Plateau
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologbuji1242
Boze
PersonunaBoze
PeopleanaBoze
LanguageεBoze
Gorong
PersonunεGorong (unaGorong)
PeopleanεGorong (anaGorong)
LanguageεGorong
Firu
PersonunoFiru
PeopleànoFíru
LanguageεFiru

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]

Dialects include Boze, Gorong, and Firu.[1]

Distribution

Boze (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
Gorong dialect
Firu dialect
Mixed
Others

References

  1. ^ a b c Blench, Roger. 2021. Introduction to the Shammɔ peoples of Central Nigeria.
  2. ^ 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
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