Kanakuru language

{{Short description|Chadic language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{distinguish|Dera language (Indonesia)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Dera

|nativename=Kanakuru

|states=Nigeria

|region=Adamawa State, Borno State

|speakers=20,000

|date=1973

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic

|fam2=Chadic

|fam3=West Chadic

|fam4=Bole–Angas

|fam5=Bole–Tangale (A.2)

|fam6=Tangale (South)

|iso3=kna

|glotto=dera1248

|glottorefname=Dera (Nigeria)

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym|person=na Dera|people=Dera|language=Bo Dera|root=Dera{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}}}

Dera, or Kanakuru, is a West Chadic language of Nigeria.