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Kanakuru language

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Dera
Kanakuru
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State, Borno State
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1973)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kna
Glottologdera1248
Dera[2]
Personna Dera
PeopleDera
LanguageBo Dera

Dera, or Kanakuru, is a West Chadic language of Nigeria.

References

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  1. ^ Dera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.