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    number 1,815,270 people, located primarily in Chad's Lac Prefecture but also in Chari-Baguirmi and Kanem prefectures. They speak the Kanembu language, which...
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    sometimes called Kanembu, are a distinct Kanuri subgroup living in the N'guigmi area, and are distinct from the Chadian Kanembu people. In the Kaour escarpment...
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  • Kanembu is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Chad by the Kanembu people. It is also spoken by a smaller number of people in Niger. It is closely related...
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  • Kanembu may refer to: Kanembu people Kanembu language Tumari Kanuri, another language known as Kanembu This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    During the first millennium, as the Sahara underwent desiccation, people speaking Kanembu migrated to Kanem in the south. This group contributed to the formation...
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    continuum of the Nilo–Saharan language family spoken by the Kanuri and Kanembu peoples in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, as well as by a diaspora community...
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  • the Kanembu people to Bornu on the western edge of Lake Chad. Over time, the intermarriage of the Kanembu and Bornu peoples created a new people and language...
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  • Finally, after warring with Kanem since the 1370s, the Bulala people forced the Kanembu people under mai Omar ibn Idris to relocate to Bornu circa 1380, overcoming...
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    The Toubou or Tubu (from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people") are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern...
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    fusion of the Kayi (old Zaghawa = current Kanembu, the clan exist even today in Kanem) and Ngizimis Kanembu clan, which exists event today in Dibbinintchi...
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  • until it was overwhelmed by attacks and wars from the Fula people, Baggara, Kanembu people, the Ouaddai Kingdom and the Sokoto Caliphate. Bornu managed...
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  • The Zaghawa people, also called Beri or Zakhawa, are an ethnic group primarily residing in southwestern Libya, northeastern Chad, and western Sudan, including...
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    converted to the other by changing strings. chegeni, Kanembu people, two strings chegeni, Daza people, two strings with additional short drone string (as...
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  • Bondarev, Dmitry; ‮بونداريف‬, ‮دميتري‬ (2006). "An Archaic Form of Kanuri/Kanembu: A Translation Tool for Qur'anic Studies/ ‮صورة قديمة من الكانوري/كانيمبو:...
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    languages Mimi Amdang (5,000, Bender 1983) Saharan languages Tedaga Dazaga Kanembu Zaghawa Bongo–Bagirmi languages (Central Sudanic) Bernde (Morom) Bagirmi...
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    desiccation, people speaking the Kanembu language migrated to Kanem in the south. This group contributed to the formation of the Kanuri people. Kanuri traditions...
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    distinct groups In the north and center: Arabs, Tubu (Daza, Teda), Zaghawa, Kanembu, Wadai, Baguirmi, Hadjarai, Fulani, Kotoko, Hausa, Bulala, and Maba, most...
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    include the flute and drums music of the Kanembu and the balaphone, whistle, harp and kodjo drums of the Sara people, while the Baguirmians are known for...
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    phycologist Pierre Dangeard mentioned a cake called dihe consumed by the Kanembu tribe, who harvest it from Lake Chad in the African nation of Chad. Dangeard...
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    Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi (category People from Borno State)
    in modern Borno State, Nigeria, is descended from Al-Kanemi. Born to a Kanembu father and an Arab mother near Murzuk in what is today Libya, Al-Kanemi...
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  • native speakers. Over 500 languages are spoken among its about 230 million people. This is a result of the number of existing ethnic groups. Some of the popular...
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    Saharan: Kanembu, Kanuri, Zaghawa, Toubou Eastern Sudanic: Daju Central Sudanic: Baguirmi, Sinyar Niger-Congo: Bua Atlantic-Congo: Fula people. List of...
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    which includes Dholuo.) Kanuri (4.0 million, all dialects; 4.7 million if Kanembu is included). The major ethnicity around Lake Chad. Zarma (6 million)....
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    Sudanian savanna ecoregions. The region has a population of about 26 million people, around 12% of the total population of the country. Maiduguri and Bauchi...
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    Daza language (category Toubou people)
    branch of the Saharan subgroup which also contains the Kanuri language, Kanembu language and Tebu languages. Tebu is further divided into Tedaga and Dazaga...
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    languages in West Africa: Bambara, Dagbani, Dyula, Fulfulde, Gbanyito, Hausa, Kanembu, Kanuri, Kotokoli, Mamprusi, Mandinka, Mogofin, Nupe, Songhai, Soninke...
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    Mafa, and Mandara in the central region; the Afade, Yedina (Buduma), and Kanembu in the extreme northeast; the Waja in the extreme south; and the Kyibaku...
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    Nilo-Saharan language family is represented by: Saharan languages: Kanuri and Kanembu in the northeastern part of Nigeria in the states of Borno, Yobe and parts...
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    groups: the Sara prefer whistles, balafons, harps and kodjo drums; and the Kanembu combine the sounds of drums with those of flute-like instruments. The music...
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    Bolewa, said to be Kanembu in origin. They moved to the area and subjugated the local Ngamo people, Karai-karai people and Ngizim people. Fika town, the...
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