Cara language

Cara (Chara, Fachara), also called Teriya after the village it is spoken in, is a small Plateau language of central Nigeria. Cara is spoken by about 3,000 people in Teriya village, Bassa, Plateau State, Nigeria.[2]

Cara
Teriya
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
3,000 (1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3cfd
Glottologcara1270
ELPCara

Ethnologue places Cara in Central Plateau. The assignment to Beromic follows Blench (2008).

References

  1. Cara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger. M. 1999. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios, 11:11:14.

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