Boghom language

Boghom
Boghom
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Native speakers	(50,000 cited 1973)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Barawa (B.3) Boghom languages Boghom; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bux
Glottolog	bogh1241

Boghom (also known as Bogghom, Bohom, Burom, Burum, Burrum; the Hausa people calls it Burmawa, Borrom, Boghorom, Bokiyim) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the majority of people in local government of Plateau State, Nigeria.

The Boghom people are mostly farmers, though some of them engage in rearing animals. Historically, hunting was a major occupation of the people as well.

Boghom is one of eight languages featured in Ronald Cosper's Barawa Lexicon: Jimi, Zul, Geji, Polci, Dott, Sayanci, Buli and Boghom.^[2] Joshua Project has it that the population of Bogghom speakers is 162,000.^[3]

Notes[]

^ Boghom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Caron, Bernard (2002). "Review of "Ɓarawa lexicon: a wordlist of eight South Bauchi (West Chadic) languages: Boghom, Buli, Dott, Geji, Sayanci and Zul" by Ronald Cosper, Munich: LINCOM EUROPA, 1999". Chadic Newsletter. 23: 46–80.
^ "Borghom in Nigeria".

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[e18-1] Boghom at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Caron, Bernard (2002). "Review of "Ɓarawa lexicon: a wordlist of eight South Bauchi (West Chadic) languages: Boghom, Buli, Dott, Geji, Sayanci and Zul" by Ronald Cosper, Munich: LINCOM EUROPA, 1999". Chadic Newsletter. 23: 46–80.

[3] "Borghom in Nigeria".

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