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Bolanci language

Bolanci language

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A language spoken in northern Nigeria, closely related to Hausa, with dialects like Bara and Fika
  • noun
translation icon : idioma bolanci
  • Researchers are working to document the dialects of the Bolanci language, such as Bara and Fika.

Examples

  • He grew up bilingual, speaking both Hausa and the Bolanci language at home.

  • The Bolanci language is spoken by communities in northern Nigeria.

  • The Bolanci language is spoken by many communities in Nigeria.

  • Do you speak the Bolanci language?

  • Researchers are working to document the dialects of the Bolanci language, such as Bara and Fika.

  • He grew up bilingual, speaking both Hausa and the Bolanci language at home.

  • The Bolanci language is spoken by communities in northern Nigeria.

Synonyms

Bolanci
vsBolanci language
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A language spoken in northern Nigeria that is related to Hausa

is the full name including the word language
Bole
vsBolanci language
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A language spoken in northern Nigeria that is similar to Hausa

is the standard form rather than this alternate name

Surface Forms

Bolanci language singular
Bolanci languages plural

Morphology

Bolanci + language

This is a straightforward composition of a proper name plus the noun 'language' (the language called Bolanci). There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift — the meaning is simply ‘the language named Bolanci’ — a cross-linguistically common and easily derivable pattern for learners who know the constituents.

Etymology

Bolanci language likely comes from a local people or place called Bolanci, so the name simply means the language of those people in northern Nigeria.