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Kanembu language information


Kanembu
Kanembou
كَنٜݦُ
Native toChad
RegionBarh el Gazel, Hadjer-Lamis
EthnicityKanembu
Native speakers
880,000 (2019)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Saharan
    • Western
      • Kanuri
        • Kanembu
Early form
Old Kanembu
Dialects
  • Karkawu
  • Mando
  • Nguri
Writing system
  • Latin
  • Ajami
Language codes
ISO 639-2kbl
ISO 639-3Either:
kbl – Kanembu
txj – Old Kanembu
Glottologkane1243
Linguasphere02-AAA-b

Kanembu is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Chad by the Kanembu people. It is also spoken by a smaller number of people in Niger. It is closely related to Kanuri.

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ISO 639 macrolanguage

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