Naa daa?
say it: “nah dah”
Kanuri
in its own words: Kanuri
- Speakers
- 10 million (estimate)
- Family
- Saharan
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Chad
- Script
- Latin
Fun fact
Kanuri was the language of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, one of Africa's longest-lived states (9th century to 1893). It is spoken around Lake Chad, whose area has shrunk by about 90% since the 1960s.