Kurama language

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

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

References

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