Kurama language
The Kurama or Akurmi language, Tukurmi, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Kurama speakers are found in the central northern Nigerian states of Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, Kano, Jigawa and Plateau.
| Kurama | |
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| Tukurami | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kano and Kaduna states |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2000)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | krh |
| Glottolog | kura1249[2] |
| Kurumi[3] | |
|---|---|
| Person | Bukurumi |
| People | Akurumi |
| Language | Tukurumi |
88% of the population are Christians.[4]
Further reading
The Akurmi people of central Nigeria. Akurmi Study group, 2012.
References
- Kurama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kurama". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- "Kurama". Joshua project.
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The Akurmi People of Central Nigeria. Book published by Akurmi Study Group 2012.
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