Kurama language
Kurama | |
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Tukurami | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Kano and Kaduna states |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | krh |
Glottolog | kura1249 |
Kurumi[2] | |
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Person | Bukurumi |
People | Akurumi |
Language | Tukurumi |
The Kurama or Akurmi language, Tukurmi, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Kurama speakers are found in the central northern Nigerian states of Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, Kano, Jigawa and Plateau.
88% of the population are Christians.[3]
Further reading
The Akurmi people of central Nigeria. Akurmi Study group, 2012.
References
- ^ Kurama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ "Kurama". Joshua project.
The Akurmi People of Central Nigeria. Book published by Akurmi Study Group 2012.