NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kanuri language

Kanuri (')
Spoken in:	Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon
Region:
Total speakers:	4 million
Ranking:	Not in top 100
Genetic classification:	Nilo-Saharan Saharan Western Kanuri
Official status
Official language of:	-
Regulated by:	-
Language codes
ISO 639-1	-
ISO 639-2	kau
SIL	Various: KBL for Kanembu KBY for Manga Kanuri KPH for Central Kanuri KRT for Tumari Kanuri

Kanuri is a Nilo-Saharan language which is spoken by about 4 million people in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

The ISO 639-2 language code is KAU.

Contents

1 Classification

2 Geographic distribution

Classification

Kanuri is one of the Nilo-Saharan languages, of the Western Sahara subphylum. It is considered by some (including SIL) to be a family of closely related languages.

Geographic distribution

Kanuri is spoken in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan. Most speakers speak Hausa or Arabic as a second language.

Dialects

Central Kanuri
Kanembu
Manga Kanuri
Tumari Kanuri

Grammar

Kanuri is of the subject-object-verb word order type.

Writing system

Kanuri uses the Ajami script.

External link

Wikipedia articles written in this language are located at the

Kanuri language Wikipedia

Ethnologue report for Kanuri (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=2588)

Categories: Saharan languages | Languages of Chad | Languages of Nigeria | Languages of Niger | Languages of Cameroon

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