Kanuri language

Kanuri
Kànùrí كَنُرِيِه
Native to	Cameroon Chad Niger Nigeria
Region	Lake Chad
Ethnicity	Kanuri Kanembu
Native speakers	(9.6 million cited 1993–2021)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Saharan Western Kanuri
Writing system	Latin Arabic (Ajami)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`kr`
ISO 639-2	`kau`
ISO 639-3	`kau` – inclusive code Individual codes: `knc` – Central Kanuri `kby` – Manga Kanuri `krt` – Tumari Kanuri `bms` – Bilma Kanuri `kbl` – Kanembu `txj` – Old Kanembu
Glottolog	`kanu1279`
Linguasphere	`(+Kanembu 02-AAA-b) 02-AAA-a (+Kanembu 02-AAA-b)`
Map of the majority usage of the five major languages of the Kanuri language group. KRT Kanuri, Tumari BMS Kanuri, Bilma KBY Kanuri, Manga KNC Kanuri, Central KBL Kanembu

Kanuri (/kəˈnʊəri/) is a Saharan dialect continuum of the Nilo–Saharan language family spoken by the Kanuri and Kanembu peoples in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, as well as by a diaspora community residing in Sudan.