Langenesis

Saharan family

Kanuri

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Kanuri (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Saharan language. Lineage: Proto-Saharan → Kanuri.

See Kanuri on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
knc
Glottocode
cent2050

Language of the Kanem–Bornu empire around Lake Chad (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon); codes refer to Central Kanuri. Written in Ajami from at least the 17th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Saharanc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  2. Kanuric. 1000 CE – today

Sources