Kanuri
Americannoun
plural
Kanuris,plural
Kanuri-
a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.
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the Nilo-Saharan language of the Kanuri people.
Example Sentences
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Arewaflix will be a service "not only for Hausa films, but also for films in other languages from northern Nigeria", including Nupe and Kanuri, Amart said.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Buhari's father, who died when he was four, was Fulani, while his mother, who brought him up, was Kanuri.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025
There are versions in local pidgin English, Hausa, Kanuri and Fulani.
From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2022
Since Goni was a boy, members of his Kanuri ethnic group had moved back and forth between Cameroon and Nigeria without any documents.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2017
Such are the Mandingo, the Songhai, the Fula, Hausa, Kanuri, Bagirmi, Kanembu, and the peoples of Wadai and Darfur; the few aborigines who persist, on the southern fringe of the Chad basin, are imperfectly known.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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