Kanuri

Also known as kr, Kanuri Language, Kanuri language

Saharan language

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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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Wikimedia language code: kr
P8168: sequencing batch reactor
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 15000000
native label: kanuri
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAU
P10369: heritage site
Commons category: Kanuri

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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.

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