Kanembu language
| Kanembu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Chad |
| Ethnicity | Kanembu |
Native speakers | 460,000 (2006)[1] |
Early form | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kbl |
| Glottolog | kane1243 |
| Linguasphere | 02-AAA-b |
Kanembu is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Chad by the Kanembu people. It is closely related to Kanuri.
Notes
- ^ Kanembu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
References
- Jouannet, Francis 1977. Essai d'inventaire phonétique du parler kanembou des Ngaldoukou du Sud-Kanem. Études phonologiques tchadiennes (Jean-Pierre Caprile, Éd.), pp. 129–143, Paris : SELAF.
- Jouannet, Francis 1982. Le kanembou des Ngaldoukou : langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du lac Tchad : phonématique et prosodie. Paris : SELAF.
- Lukas, Johannes 1931. Die Sprache der Káidi-Kanembú in Kanem. Hamburg: C. Boysen.
External links
- PanAfriL10n page on Kanuri (includes Kanembu)
- "http://kanembou.net – photos and language recordings"
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