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ISO 639-3 · knakna
Afroasiatic family

Kanakuru

Kanakuru is a language of the Tangalic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria. Wikidata counts about 20,000 speakers.

5 · DevelopingLatn20,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
kna
Glottocode
dera1248
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameKanakuru
Also calledDera (Nigeria), Kanakuru language
All speakers20,000
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Kanakuru

The branches above Kanakuru, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

309Afroasiaticfamily147Chadicbranch54West Chadicbranch31West Chadic Abranch15Bole–Tangalebranch7TangalicbranchknaKanakurulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Nigeria415 languages in the index

Also spoken in Nigeria

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpcmNigerian Pidginunclassified · 47.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialiboIgboNiger–Congo · 27 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication