Global InformationBoghom language information
| Boghom | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1973)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| 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 Kanam & Wase 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]
- ^ 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.