Kanuri, Manga

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A language of Niger

ISO 639-3
kby
Alternate Names
Kanouri, Kanoury, Kanuri, Manga
Autonym
kànòrí
Population

280,000 in Niger (1998). Total users in all countries: 480,000.

Location

Zinder region; Diffa region: Diffa and Maine-soroa departments; Nigeria border area.

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Language Status

5* (Developing). Recognized language (1999, Constitution, Article 3).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Saharan, Western, Kanuri
Dialects

Manga, Dagara. Dialect subgroup member with other Kanuri varieties and Kanembu [kbl] in Chad. A member of macrolanguage Kanuri [kau].

Language Use

Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Dazaga [dzg].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 20%. 2 bilingual primary schools. Radio. TV. Dictionary. NT: 1998.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kanuri, Manga
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab], plans for future development using this script. Latin script [Latn], used since 2007.

Other Comments

Dagara dialect may be a separate language. Muslim.

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