Bole language

{{Short description|Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{distinguish|Dibole language}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Bole

| nativename = bòo pìkkà

| states = Nigeria

| region = Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State, Plateau State

| speakers = {{sigfig|250,000|2}}

| date = 2023

| ref = e27

| dia1 = Bara

| dia2 = Fika

| familycolor = Afro-Asiatic

| fam2 = Chadic

| fam3 = West Chadic

| fam4 = Bole–Angas

| fam5 = Bole–Tangale (A.2)

| fam6 = Bole (North)

| iso3 = bol

| glotto = nucl1695

| glottorefname = Bole

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym|person=|people=Am Pìkkà|language=Bòò Pìkkà|root=Pìkkà{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}}}

Bole (bòo pìkkà,{{Cite journal |last=Schuh |first=Russell G. |date=October 1996 |title=Dymitr Ibriszimow and Alhaji Maina Gimba (ed.): Bole language and documentation Unit (BOLDU), Report I. (Westafrikanische Studien. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Sprachund Kulturgeschichte, Bd. 7.) 137 pp. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 1994. DM 32. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/abs/dymitr-ibriszimow-and-alhaji-maina-gimba-ed-bole-language-and-documentation-unit-boldu-report-i-westafrikanische-studien-frankfurter-beitrage-zur-sprachund-kulturgeschichte-bd-7-137-pp-koln-rudiger-koppe-verlag-1994-dm-32/28A11EF14322847C2D8918E76AF227F0 |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |language=en |volume=59 |issue=3 |pages=620–621 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00031323 |issn=1474-0699|url-access=subscription }} also known as Bolanchi, Ampikka, Bopikka, Bolewa, Bolawa) is a West Chadic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects include Bara and Fika, spoken in the Fika Emirate.