ISO 639-3 · kaukau
Nilo-Saharan family · macrolanguage
Kanuri
kanuri
Kanuri is a macrolanguage of the Saharan branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon and 2 more countries. Wikidata counts about 15 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Saharan language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kau- ISO 639-1
kr- Glottocode
kanu1279- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- Centre point
- 13.00, 15.00
- Wikipedia
- 70 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
6countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Kanuri · kanuri |
|---|---|
| Also called | kr, Kanuri Language, Kanuri language |
| All speakers | 15,000,000 |
| Written in | Arabic script, Latin script |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Kanuri yet.
family tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Kanuri
The branches above Kanuri, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
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 · ProvincialfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkaiKarekareAfroasiatic · 1.8 m6a · VigorousbinEdoNiger–Congo · 1.6 m4 · Educational