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 |
unknown (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 (12th ed., 1992). Note: Undated data may come from an earlier edition.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kari (Democratic Republic of Congo)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online