Bolanci
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Bolanci
- The Bolanci language is spoken in several communities across northern Nigeria.
Examples
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She grew up hearing both Hausa and Bolanci at home.
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Linguists have documented many dialectal differences within Bolanci.
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The Bolanci language is spoken by many communities in northern Nigeria.
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Have you ever heard of Bolanci?
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Linguists have documented many dialectal differences within Bolanci.
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The Bolanci language is spoken in several communities across northern Nigeria.
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She grew up hearing both Hausa and Bolanci at home.
Synonyms
A language spoken in northern Nigeria, closely related to Hausa, with dialects like Bara and Fika
A language spoken in northern Nigeria that is similar to Hausa
A language people speak in northern Nigeria like Hausa, with dialects Bara and Fika
Compounds
A language spoken in northern Nigeria, closely related to Hausa, with dialects like Bara and Fika
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Bolanci is the local name for a language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Bola as a local name and the ending -anci like 'language of', so Bolanci is 'the language of that community'.
