Kanakuru language should not be confused with Dera language (Indonesia).
| 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) |
| Person: | na Dera |
| People: | Dera |
| Language: | Bo Dera |
| Root: | Dera[1] |
Dera, or Kanakuru, is a West Chadic language of Nigeria.