Kurama language

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For the article on the Australian Aboriginal language, see Kurrama language
Kurama
Spoken in: Nigeria 
Region: Kano and Kaduna states
Total speakers: c. 40,000 (2000 est.)
Language family: Niger-Congo
 Atlantic-Congo
  Volta-Congo
   Benue-Congo
    Kainji
     Eastern Kainji
      Northern Jos
       Kauru
        Kurama
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: krh

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)[1]. Kurama speakers are found in the central northern Nigerian states of Kaduna and Kano.


[edit] References

  1. ^  entry on Ethnologue