KBY ISO 639-3
Kanuri, Manga
Manga Autonym
A language of Niger
- ISO 639
- kby
- Alternate Names
- Kanouri, Kanoury, Kanuri, Kànòrí
- Autonym
- Manga
- 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.
- 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. Bible portions: 1998–2020.
- 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.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Bauchi, Jigawa, and Yobe states.
- Dialects
- Dagara, Manga.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of Nigeria
Language Name
Kanuri, Manga
User Population
200,000 in Nigeria (1993).
Map
Location: Zinder region; Diffa region: Diffa and Maine-soroa departments; Nigeria border area.
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