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Kanuri, Manga

A language of Niger

ISO 639-3: kby

Population	280,000 in Niger (1998). Population total all countries: 480,000.
Region	East, along Nigeria border. Also in Nigeria.
Language map	Niger
Alternate names	Kanouri, Kanoury, Manga
Dialects	Manga, Dagara. Part of a dialect subgroup that includes other Kanuri varieties and Kanembu [kbl] in Chad.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Saharan, Western, Kanuri A member of macrolanguage Kanuri [kau] (Nigeria).
Language use	National language.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 20%. 2 bilingual primary schools. Radio programs. TV. Bible portions.
Writing system	Arabic script, Ajami style, plans for future development using this script. Latin script.
Comments	The Dagara dialect may be a separate language. Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Nigeria

Language name	Kanuri, Manga
Population	200,000 in Nigeria (1993).
Region	Mainly Yobe state; Jigawa and Bauchi states.
Language map	Nigeria, Map 4, reference number 207
Alternate names	Kanouri, Kanoury, Manga
Dialects	Dagara, Manga.
Language use	Trade language.
Comments	Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABDOULKARIM, Chérif Ari, editor; JARRETT, Kevin A.; JARRETT, Suzanne, facilitators. 2005. Kalmaram təlamyindia kanori--faransa-a: kalmaran təlamyindia faransa kanori-a = Dictionnaire bilingue kanuri-français suivi d'un lexique français-kanuri.

JARRETT, Kevin A., author. 1981. "The development of the Kanuri aspect system within Western Saharan."

JARRETT, Kevin A., author. 1983. Review of: The Kanuri language: a reference grammar, by John P. Hutchison.

JARRETT, Kevin A., author. 1988. "Dialectes et alphabétisation dans les écoles: Une étude explorative de l’intercompréhension des différents dialectes kanuri du Niger."

Vernacular Publications

Apprendre à lire le Manga en moins de dix heures: guide pratique pour la lecture et l’écriture du manga. 1998.

Apprendre à lire le Manga en moins de dix heures: guide pratique pour la lecture et l'écriture Manga. 2004.

Manga: Kǝra-a Ruwu-a Kitawu Rashiduye 1 = Manga (Kanuri) Preprimer . 2004.

Manga: Kǝra-a Ruwu-a Kitawu Rashiduye 2. 2004.