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Word list name:Buji (Jere) 
Location of idiolect:Plateau state, Bassa LGA; Bauchi state, Toro LGA; Kaduna state, Saminaka LGA 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:jer (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:111 
Audio files:0 wav, 0 mp3 
Copyright:Kay Williamson 
Date elicited:Published 1971 (see Elsewhere published) 
Contributing researcher: 
Acknowledgements:Thanks to Roger Blench who submitted this data to ComparaLex 
Elsewhere published:The Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist was originally published in Ibadan in two volumes edited by Kay Williamson and Kiyoshi Shimizu (Williamson and Shimizu 1968; Williamson 1973; see also Williamson 1971) 
Comments:The researcher labeled this language as Buji, the Ethnologue language name is Jere, the Ethnologue dialect name is Boze, and the Ethnologue alternate dialect name is Buji. 
 Jere [jer] - Buji (Jere)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALbì-námá ì-
2003ARMPIT*mawo  
3004ARROWù-vìrà tìrà
4005ASHESǹ-tó  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)*sanjara  
6007BAD (BE), TO*ʧaron  
7008BEAN*bi-ʧun  
8010BELLYì-púrú  
9011BITE*rumaV 
10012BUFFALObì-jáwá ì-
11014CALABASH*e-so  
12015CARVE*sah utiti  
13016CHARCOAL*tene  
14017CHILDvànà à-bíjá
15018COME OUT*suru  
16019COOL, BE(COME) TO*nara tene  
17021COUNT: DRAW A LINE*ra  
18022COW/CATTLEbì-vàrè ì-
19023CRAB*uga-kara  
20024CROCODILEbè-jó è-; *bi-dan

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