Kurama language

For the article on the Australian Aboriginal language, see Kurrama language.
Kurama
Tukurami
Native to Nigeria
Region Kano and Kaduna states
Native speakers
40,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 krh
Glottolog kura1249[2]
Person Bukurumi
People Akurumi
Language Tukurami

The Kurama or Kurumi language, Tukurami, is a Kainji language of Nigeria with over 100,000 speakers. Kurama speakers are found in the central northern Nigerian states of Kaduna, Bauchi State and Kano.

References

  1. ↑ Kurama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kurama". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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