Kanurin.
/kəˈnuːri/, /kəˈnʊəri/, U.S. /kəˈnʊri/, /kəˈnuri/, West African English /kaˈnuri/ A group of black African peoples living in the region of Lake Chad, in north-eastern Nigeria; the language of these peoples, which belongs to the Central Saharan group.
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Ibibio1822
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Yoruba1843
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Ho1890
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Saharan
Saharan1963
Kanuri1966
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 61/1 The leading people of the country, called Bornuese or Kanuri, present a perfect specimen of the negro form and features.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 334 Barth on linguistic grounds grouped them with the Kanuri of Bornu, who are undoubtedly Negroes.
1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 434 Kanuri, of the Nilo-Chadian group.
1959 Listener 29 Oct. 740/1 The..Kanuri of Nigeria.
1966 J. H. Greenberg Lang. Afr. (ed. 2) 132 In agreement with Eastern Sudanic Kanuri has a tə- prefix for the causative in a few verbs of the ‘strong’ conjugation.
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