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Cara

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Chara; Fachara; Nfachara; Fakara; Pakara; Tera; Teriya; Terri; Tariya;

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Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Plateau

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cfd

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Hausa, English

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The Cara language of Central Nigeria and its affinities
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The Cara language of Central Nigeria and its affinities
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An Atlas of Nigerian Languages
Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages
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"The Cara language is spoken by less than 3000 speakers at a maximum... Nonetheless, the language does not seem unduly threatened; during the language elicitation session it seemed that many of the children present were able to produce the required lexical items simultaneously with the adults."

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2006

Location and Context

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Nigeria

Coordinates

10.103839, 12.652185

Location description

"The main village of the Cara is Teriya, in Bassa Local Government Area, some 5 km. east of Gurum, which is 3 km. south-east of the main Jos-Kaduna road, 11 km from Jos town."

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"The main village of the Cara is Teriya, in Bassa Local Government Area, some 5 km. east of Gurum, which is 3 km. south-east of the main Jos-Kaduna road, 11 km from Jos town."

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Year of info

2007

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Bassa LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria

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3000-4000

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Speaker number: "735 (1936 HDG); 3-4000 (Blench 1999)"

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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Plateau State, Nigeria

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"Plateau State, Bassa LGA"

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"Plateau State, Bassa LGA"

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1999

Location and Context

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Teriya village, Bassa LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria

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9.917111, 8.818588

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Hausa, English

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"The Cara tend to know Hausa and some younger people also speak English, but generally do not speak the languages of their neighbours."

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