Kurama language

The Kurama or Akurmi language, Tukurmi, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. Kurama speakers are found in the central northern Nigerian states of Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, Kano, Jigawa and Plateau.

For the article on the Australian Aboriginal language, see Kurrama language.
Kurama
Tukurami
Native toNigeria
RegionKano and Kaduna states
Native speakers
40,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3krh
Glottologkura1249[2]
Kurumi[3]
PersonBukurumi
PeopleAkurumi
LanguageTukurumi

88% of the population are Christians.[4]

Further reading

The Akurmi people of central Nigeria. Akurmi Study group, 2012.

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References
  1. Kurama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kurama". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  4. "Kurama". Joshua project.


The Akurmi People of Central Nigeria. Book published by Akurmi Study Group 2012.

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