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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a predominantly Muslim people indigenous to the Lake Chad region of north-central Africa.
  • noun The Nilo-Saharan language of this people.

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  • proper noun A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Niger, Nigeria, and Chad.

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Examples

  • Nigerians are not Xhosa; Nigerians speak Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Kanuri and English, among others.

    What I disliked about District 9 « Digital immigrant 2009

  • Other major ethnic groups of the north are the Nupe, Tiv, and Kanuri.

    Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009

  • The Kanuri are Islamic with less than. 01% as evangelical — there are some believers but no formal church.

    Radio: sowing seeds in Nigeria 2007

  • Trans World Radio broadcasts every day in the Kanuri language to the people in Nigeria.

    Radio: sowing seeds in Nigeria 2007

  • The tall, dark Kanuri people, over five million strong, are mostly farmers who would understand the miracle of multiplied seed growing to provide for their people.

    Radio: sowing seeds in Nigeria 2007

  • Ethnic groups: Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%

    Nigeria 2008

  • NigeriaNigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%

    Ethnic groups 2008

  • I don't know, but I can hazard some guesses—Geez, Swahili, Kanuri, and Nubian itself would certainly be worth checking.

    languagehat.com: OLDEST AFRICAN DICTIONARIES. 2005

  • Julebba was speaking to these men in Kanuri, and Ki-Gor knew Kanuri as well as any African tongue.

    Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

  • Scarcely had the man entered the wall of trees before he stopped and began to talk out loud, in the Kanuri dialect of northeastern Nigeria.

    Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

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