🇳🇬 Ethnic group

Buji

Evidence: Well documented

The Buji are one of the indigenous peoples of Plateau State named by Wikipedia.

Overview

The Buji are one of the indigenous peoples of Plateau State named by Wikipedia. Other names include Boze, anaBoze. Blench's Atlas calls them Boze, speakers of a member of the Jere cluster (Kainji) on both sides of the Jos–Zaria road north of Jos, in Bassa LGA; Glottolog treats Buji as a dialect of Jere. Ethnologue lists their language in Bassa LGA.

Connections
Other names
  • anaBoze · endonym
    Atlas, Boze entry, 1.C (plural).
  • Boze · alternative
    Atlas: head name of the Boze member of the Jere cluster.
Sources
  1. Plateau State — Wikipedia · Reference source · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Buji named among the indigenous peoples of Plateau; Ethnologue language table
  2. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · Academic source · link (accessed 24 Sep 2026)
    Supports: Buji: their language in Plateau
How evidence is graded
  • Verified: Supported by an official source, or by two or more independent sources that agree.
  • Well documented: Supported by credible sources, but not yet independently confirmed.
  • Reported: Found in a credible source; further corroboration is welcome.
  • Needs corroboration: The evidence is thin or incomplete; more sources are being sought.
  • Disputed: Credible sources or community accounts disagree; the differing accounts are noted.
  • Uncertain: There is not yet enough information to classify this responsibly.

Sources are marked official, academic, reference, community or general web. Sources that copy each other count as one. Oral traditions are recorded as traditions, not as proven fact.

Archive ID: ETH-BUJI · Last updated 30 September 2026. Spotted an error or have a source to add? Tell us.

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