Karekare language

language
name=Karakare
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Nigeria
region=Bauchi State, Yobe State
speakers=150,000-200,000 (1993)
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=West Chadic
fam4=A
fam5=A.2
fam6=Bole
iso3=kai

Karekare (also known as Karaikarai, Karai Karai, Kerekere, Kerrikerri) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State and Yobe State, Nigeria. Dialects include Birkai, Jalalam, and Kwarta Mataci. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kai Ethnologue entry for Karekare]