Kari language
Kare or Kari is a poorly documented Congolese Bantu language of uncertain affiliation (though listed as unclassified Zone D.30 by Guthrie). There are scattered speakers in the Central African Republic.
For the Kari language spoken in the Andaman islands, see Aka-Cari language.
Kare | |
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Li-Kari-Li | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 1,000 in DRC)[1] scattered speakers in CAR (1996)[2] may be nearly extinct (2007)[2] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kbj |
Glottolog | kari1306 |
D.301 [3] | |
ELP | Kari[4] |
References
- Kare at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
- Kari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Endangered Languages Project data for Kari.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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