Kari language

For the Kari language spoken in the Andaman islands, see Aka-Cari language.
Kare
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

  1. Kare at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
  2. 1 2 Kari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. 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.
  4. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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