Kanakuru language

Dera
Kanakuru
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State, Borno State
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1973)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kna
Glottologdera1248
Dera
Personna Dera
PeopleDera
LanguageBo Dera

Dera, or Kanakuru, is a West Chadic language of Nigeria.

References

  1. ↑ Dera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ↑ Adelberger, Jörg; Blench, Roger (2026). "The peopling of the Muri Mountains, Northern Nigeria: evidence from linguistics and ethnography". AAeO - Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. doi:10.18716/OJS/AAEO/2026_12031.