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Where is Bilma-Mowar Kanuri spoken?

Bilma-Mowar Kanuri is a Saharan language, spoken in Niger. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Bilma-Mowar Kanuri is spoken

Bilma-Mowar Kanuri is spoken in one country: Niger.

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Niger

Bilma-Mowar Kanuri has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Bilma-Mowar Kanuri?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Bilma-Mowar Kanuri sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Bilma-Mowar Kanuri as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Saharan
Western Saharan
Kanuri-Kanembu
Kanuric
East Kanuri
Bilma-Mowar Kanuri

Related languages

Other languages in the East Kanuri group:

Central Kanuri (9.3 million speakers)
Tumari Kanuri

More about Bilma-Mowar Kanuri

Codes: ISO 639-3 bms, Glottolog bilm1238. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Bilma-Mowar Kanuri

Where is Bilma-Mowar Kanuri spoken?

Bilma-Mowar Kanuri is spoken in Niger. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Bilma-Mowar Kanuri in?

Glottolog places Bilma-Mowar Kanuri in the Saharan family, in the branch Western Saharan, Kanuri-Kanembu, Kanuric and East Kanuri.