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Name:
Bura
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Bura-Pabir; Burra; Bourrah; Pabir; Babir; Babur; Barburr; Mya Bura; Kwojeffa; Huve; Huviya
Spoken in:
Nigeria
Number of speakers:
250,000 (1987 UBS). 200,000 Pabir (1993). 32,000 in Adamawa state (1992)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
bwr
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Afro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Bura Group A; Biu-Mandara A.2 1; Group 1 (biuq)
Child Dialects:
Hyil Hawul; Bura Hyilhawul; Plain Bura (bwr-hyi)
Pela; Bura Pela; Hill Bura (bwr-pel)
Pabir (bwr-pab)
Map of Bura
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