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Kanuri

Kanuri

9.9
A language spoken by people who live near Lake Chad in West Africa
  • noun
: kanuri
  • Many traditional folktales are preserved in the Kanuri language.

Examples

  • I am learning Kanuri to communicate with my friends.

  • The university offers a course in Kanuri for students interested in African languages.

  • She learned to speak Kanuri after moving to northeastern Nigeria for her research.

  • The Kanuri language has many unique sounds.

  • She learned to speak Kanuri after moving to northeastern Nigeria for her research.

  • The university offers a course in Kanuri for students interested in African languages.

  • Many traditional folktales are preserved in the Kanuri language.

Surface Forms

Kanuri singular
Kanuris plural

Etymology

Kanuri for the language comes from the name of its people, so calling a speech Kanuri simply means 'the language of the Kanuri people' of the Lake Chad area.