Kari language
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 [3] |
D.301 [4] |
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.
References
- ↑ Kare at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
- 1 2 Kari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kari (Democratic Republic of Congo)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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