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modifiers - for example, 'Bintu's pot' would be expressed as nje Bintu-be, 'pot Bintu-of'.

Kanuri has three tones: high, low, and falling. It has an extensive system of consonantal lenition; for example, sa- 'they' + -buma 'have eaten' -> za-wuna 'they have eaten'.

Traditionally a local lingua franca, its usage has declined in recent decades. Most first-language speakers speak Hausa or Arabic

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