Kurama language

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.

For the article on the Australian Aboriginal language, see Kurrama language.
Kurama
T'kurmi
Native toNigeria
RegionKano and Kaduna states
Native speakers
40,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3krh
Glottologkura1249
Kurmi[2]
PersonBukurmi
PeopleAkurmi
LanguageT'kurmi

88% of the population of the Akurmi people are Christians.[3]

Further reading

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

References
  1. Kurama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. "Kurama". Joshua project.
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