Kanuri language

Kanuri
Kànùrí
كَنُرِيِه[1]
Native to
RegionLake Chad
EthnicityKanuri
Kanembu
Native speakers
(9.6 million cited 1993–2021)[2]
Latin
Arabic (Ajami)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-1kr
ISO 639-2kau
ISO 639-3kau – inclusive code
Individual codes:
knc – Central Kanuri
kby – Manga Kanuri
krt – Tumari Kanuri
bms – Bilma Kanuri
kbl – Kanembu
txj – Old Kanembu
Glottologkanu1279
Linguasphere02-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 (/kəˈnʊəri/[4]) 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.

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Kanuri at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Central Kanuri at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Manga Kanuri at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Tumari Kanuri at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Bilma Kanuri at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Kanembu at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Old Kanembu at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  3. ^ "Kanuri Studies Association". 2004. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh