Kurama language

Kurama language

language
name=Kurama
familycolor=Niger-Congo
states=Nigeria
region=Kano and Kaduna states
speakers=c. 40,000 (2000 est.)
iso3=krh
fam1=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=Benue-Congo
fam5=Kainji
fam6=Eastern Kainji
fam7=Northern Jos
fam8=Kauru
The Kurama language is a language within the subgroupings of the Benue-Congo group of languages, which are in turn the largest branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The language is indigenous to Nigeria, with a little over 40,000 speakers (2000 estimate)ref|ethnologue. Kurama speakers are found in the central northern Nigerian states of Kaduna and Kano.

References

# [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=krh entry on Ethnologue]


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