Alternate Names: “Kaleri” (pej.), Mabo-Barkul, Mabo-Barukul
Dialects: Bo, Rukul.
Genealogy:
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.