Kara language (Tanzania)
For other uses, see Kara languages.
Kara | |
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Regi | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Region | Lake Victoria |
Native speakers | (86,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
reg |
Glottolog |
kara1481 [2] |
JE.252 [3] |
Kara, or Regi, is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken off Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects.
References
- ↑ Kara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kara (Tanzania)". 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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