Manga Kanuri is spoken mainly in Niger in the regions of Zinder and Diffa along the Nigerian and Chadian borders.
Semantically, Manga Kanuri employs a system of noun class distinctions, influencing both nominal and verbal morphology.
Phonologically, the language includes a diverse set of consonants and vowels, with tones playing a crucial role in distinguishing lexical meanings.
[5] Manga Kanuri's morphology is notably complex, incorporating intricate verbal inflections that convey tense, aspect, mood, and subject concord.
The language employs postpositions to indicate spatial and temporal relationships, offering a distinct set of locative markers.