Kanuri language
| Kanuri | |
|---|---|
| Kànùrí كَنُرِيِه | |
| Native to | |
| Region | Lake Chad |
| Ethnicity | Kanuri Kanembu |
Native speakers | 10.6 million (2019–2024) |
| Latin Arabic (Ajami)[1] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | kr |
| ISO 639-2 | kau |
| ISO 639-3 | kau – inclusive codeIndividual codes: knc – Central Kanurikby – Manga Kanurikrt – Tumari Kanuribms – Bilma Kanurikbl – Kanembutxj – Old Kanembu |
| Glottolog | kanu1279 |
| Linguasphere | (+Kanembu 02-AAA-b) 02-AAA-a (+Kanembu 02-AAA-b) |
 Map of the majority usage of the five major languages of the Kanuri language group.
KRT Kanuri, Tumari
BMS Kanuri, Bilma
KBY Kanuri, Manga
KNC Kanuri, Central
KBL Kanembu | |
Kanuri (Kànùrí (Latin script), كَنُرِيِه (Ajami)[2]) is a Saharan language of the Nilo–Saharan language family spoken by the Kanuri and Kanembu peoples in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, as well as by a diaspora community residing in Sudan. It is a dialect continuum made of 5 dialects: Central, Manga, Tumari, Bilma, and Kanembu.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Kanuri Studies Association". 2004. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006.
- ↑ Bondarev, Dmitry and Dobronravin, Nikolay. "Standardisation Tendencies in Kanuri and Hausa Ajami Writings". Creating Standards: Interactions with Arabic script in 12 manuscript cultures, edited by Dmitry Bondarev, Alessandro Gori and Lameen Souag, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2019, pp. 237-270. DOI: 10.1515/9783110639063-010
Central Kanuri edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
