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Kanembu language

Kanembu
Native toChad
EthnicityKanembu
Native speakers
460,000 (2006)[1]
Early form
Old Kanembu
Language codes
ISO 639-3kbl
Glottologkane1243
Linguasphere02-AAA-b

Kanembu is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Chad by the Kanembu people. It is closely related to Kanuri.

Notes

  1. ^ Kanembu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

References

  • Jouannet, Francis (1977). "Essai d'inventaire phonétique du parler kanembou des Ngaldoukou du Sud-Kanem". In Caprile, Jean-Pierre (ed.). Études phonologiques tchadiennes. Paris: SELAF. pp. 129–143. ISBN 2-85297-019-8.
  • Jouannet, Francis (1982). Le kanembou des Ngaldoukou : langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du lac Tchad : phonématique et prosodie. Paris: SELAF. ISBN 2-85297-129-1.
  • Lukas, Johannes (1931). Die Sprache der Káidi-Kanembú in Kanem. Hamburg: C. Boysen.

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