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Holma language
Holma (also known as Da Holmaci, Bali Holma) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State, near the Cameroon border. Speakers switched to Nigerian Fulfulde. Holma people were believed to be of Yemenite origin. Their forefathers were said to have migrated from Yemen around 110 of Hijrah, corresponding to 728 Gregorian. The Yemenites, in pursuit of spreading Islam, after having been highly attended to by the prophet of Islam, sending his companions to teach them even without him stepping foot in the land, felt the urge to expand their knowledge and faith to other lands, especially in Africa. These Yemenis, some of whom have intermarried with some of those companions of the prophet, moving from one region to another, reached northern Nigeria on Islamic evangelism, reaching a region that is now called Adamawa and settling in its provinces. Later, after the demise of the evangelical forefathers of Holma, generations returned to non-Islamic practices of idolatry and other atrocities until the emergence of Usman Dan Fodio and his Jihad (strive). Around 1754-1817, the founder of the Sokoto caliphate Usman Dan Fodio launched his Jihad (strive) to establish Islamic empire through preaching and fighting wars.…
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Holma (also known as Da Holmaci, Bali Holma) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State, near the Cameroon border. Speakers switched to Nigerian Fulfulde. Holma people were believed to be of Yemenite origin. Their forefathers were said to have migrated from Yemen around 110 of Hijrah, corresponding to 728 Gregorian. The Yemenites, in pursuit of spreading Islam, after having been highly attended to by the prophet of Islam, sending his companions to teach them even without him stepping foot in the land, felt the urge to expand their knowledge and faith to other lands, especially in Africa. These Yemenis, some of whom have intermarried with some of those companions of the prophet, moving from one region to another, reached northern Nigeria on Islamic evangelism, reaching a region that is now called Adamawa and settling in its provinces. Later, after the demise of the evangelical forefathers of Holma, generations returned to non-Islamic practices of idolatry and other atrocities until the emergence of Usman Dan Fodio and his Jihad (strive). Around 1754-1817, the founder of the Sokoto caliphate Usman Dan Fodio launched his Jihad (strive) to establish Islamic empire through preaching and fighting wars.…
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