A de facto language of provincial identity in Borno, Yobe, and Gombe states of Nigeria, used in education; widespread use generally.
Originating from the central south Sahara area, the Kanuri people expanded around Lake Chad in the late 7th century.
[5] In terms of morphology, it exhibits a system of affixation, incorporating prefixes, suffixes, and infixes to convey various grammatical and semantic nuances.
[5] Grammatically, Central Kanuri follows a subject-object-verb (SOV) word order, with the subject typically preceding the verb and the object following.
Noun classes play a crucial role in Central Kanuri, influencing concord with adjectives, pronouns, and verbs.