Bo-Rukul

MAE

vigorous

Alternate Names: “Kaleri” (pej.), Mabo-Barkul, Mabo-Barukul

Dialects: Bo, Rukul.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Plateau
Southeastern

Demographics: 2,000 (Blench, Spriggs, and Connell 1999). 1,000 in each dialect.

Language Use: Vigorous. Also use English [eng], Hausa [hau], Kulere [kul].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50% of youth read Hausa haltingly.

Nation of Origin: Nigeria

Other Comments: ‘ma-’ (sg.), ‘ba-’ (pl.); prefixes referring to speakers. Culturally Kulere, but the language is different. Christian.