Kanembu language

Kanembu
Kanembu
Kanembou
كَنٜݦُ
Native to	Chad
Region	Barh el Gazel, Hadjer-Lamis
Ethnicity	Kanembu
Native speakers	880,000 (2019)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Saharan Western Kanuri Kanembu; ; ; ;
Early form	Old Kanembu
Dialects	Karkawu; Mando; Nguri;
Writing system	Latin; Ajami;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	kbl
ISO 639-3	Either:; kbl – Kanembu; txj – Old Kanembu
Glottolog	kane1243
Linguasphere	02-AAA-b

Kanembu is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Chad by the Kanembu people. It is also spoken by a smaller number of people in Niger. It is closely related to Kanuri.

^ Kanembu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Old Kanembu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)