Kanembu language

Kanembu
Kanembou
كَنٜݦُ
Native toChad
RegionBarh el Gazel, Hadjer-Lamis
EthnicityKanembu
Native speakers
880,000 (2019)[1]
Early form
Dialects
  • Karkawu
  • Mando
  • Nguri
Language codes
ISO 639-2kbl
ISO 639-3Either:
kbl – Kanembu
txj – Old Kanembu
Glottologkane1243
Linguasphere02-AAA-b

Kanembu is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Chad by the Kanembu people. It is also spoken by a smaller number of people in Niger. It is closely related to Kanuri.

  1. ^ Kanembu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Old Kanembu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon