Bura-Pabir

E225048

Bura-Pabir is a major West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria by the Bura and Pabir ethnic groups.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bura-Pabir canonical 5
Bura–Pabir 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Chadic language ⓘ
West Chadic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bura ⓘ
Bura-Pabir language ⓘ
Pabir ⓘ
hasDialects Bura dialects ⓘ
Pabir dialects ⓘ
hasEthnicPopulation Bura ⓘ
Pabir ⓘ
hasGlottocode bura1253 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code bwr ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature tone language ⓘ
verb–subject–object basic word order ⓘ
hasMacroArea Africa ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Hausa ⓘ
Kanuri ⓘ
linked to: Kanuri people

Marghi ⓘ
hasReligionOfSpeakers Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
hasSVOOrder true ⓘ
hasTonalDistinctions true ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
isSpokenInState Adamawa State ⓘ
Borno State ⓘ
Gombe State ⓘ
isUsedIn Bura communities ⓘ
Pabir communities ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages

West Chadic ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenBy Bura people ⓘ
Pabir people ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
spokenInRegion northeastern Nigeria ⓘ
subfamilyOf Afroasiatic ⓘ
Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages

West Chadic ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Chadic → hasMajorLanguage → Bura-Pabir ⓘ
Babur/Bura people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Bura–Pabir ⓘ
linked to: Bura-Pabir
Bura → hasAlternativeName → Bura-Pabir ⓘ
Bura language → hasAlternativeName → Bura-Pabir ⓘ