Kunama language
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Kunama | ||
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Spoken in: | Eritrea, Ethiopia | |
Region: | western Eritrea, northern Ethiopia | |
Total speakers: | 202,000 (Eritrea) 182,000 (Ethiopia) 20,000 |
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Language family: | Nilo-Saharan Kunama |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | kun | |
ISO 639-3: | kun | |
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The Kunama language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Kunama people who straddle the western Eritrean-Ethiopian border. The language is amongst the oldest in the Horn of Africa and is often compared to the Nara language.