Kurama language
| Kurama | |
|---|---|
| T'kurmi | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kano and Kaduna states |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | krh |
| Glottolog | kura1249 |
| Kurmi[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | Bukurmi |
| People | Akurmi |
| Language | T'kurmi |
The Kurama or T'kurmi or Akurmi language is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Kurama speakers are found in the central northern Nigerian states of Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, Kano, Jigawa and Plateau.
88% of the population of the Akurmi people are Christians.[3]
Further reading
[edit]The Akurmi people of central Nigeria. Akurmi Study group, 2012.
References
[edit]- ^ Kurama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ "Kurama". Joshua project.