"Two of those languages (ex: Zaranda ; Luri) are spoken in communities that have split, creating a situation with an 'old' village up in the hills with a few older people, living in terrible conditions, using the 'old' language and a 'new' village where the majority of the population has moved down the hill, by the road, and switched to Hausa, Jaar, etc."

"Most of the Bu: population has migrated from the original location of the Zaranda village (Zaranda Haɓe, longitude 9,57; latitude 10,28) to the present Zaranda (longitude 9,52 ; latitude 10,23) where they have abandoned their language for Hausa and Fulfulde. The few that have retained their language live in Zaranda Haɓe, in houses scattered in the hills, gathering around the chief once a year for the traditional religious festivities."