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Cara language

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Plateau language spoken in Nigeria Not to be confused with Chara language or Kara languages.
Cara
Teriya
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers(3,000 cited 1999)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3cfd
Glottologcara1270
ELPCara

Cara (Chara, Fachara), also called Teriya after the village it is spoken in, is a small Plateau language of central Nigeria. Cara is spoken by about 3,000 people in Teriya village, Bassa, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Ethnologue places Cara in Central Plateau. The assignment to Beromic follows Blench (2008).

References

  1. Cara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger. M. 1999. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios, 11:11:14.

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Platoid languages
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Kainji
Kambari
Basa
Kamuku
Shiroro
Northwest
Lakes
East
Northern
Kauru
Shammo
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Plateau
Tarokoid
South
Alumic
Ninzic
East
Central
Beromic
Yukubenic
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