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Kanuri

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Also known as kr, Kanuri Language, Kanuri language

Saharan language

AI overview

Kanuri is a language spoken by the Kanuri people primarily in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring regions of Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. It is significant as a major Saharan language with hundreds of thousands of speakers and serves as an important means of communication and cultural identity in its region.

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Encyclopedic overview

Kanuri (/kəˈnʊəri/; endonym: Kànùrí (Latin script), كَنُرِيِه (Ajami)) is a Saharan dialect continuum 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.

Background

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kanuri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.