Central Kanuri

Central Kanuri or Yerwa Kanuri, is a variety of the Kanuri language spoken mainly in adjacent parts of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad, as well as by a diaspora community residing in Sudan. It is spoken by the Yerwa Kanuri, who are the largest subgroup of Kanuri people in West and Central Africa. Yerwa Kanuri is the largest of the Kanuri varieties. It is also used for both oral and written communication in Cameroon and is classified within the Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. The Yerwa Kanuri variety of the Kanuri language in Nigeria is written using the Ajami script of the Arabic alphabet.