Karekare language

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Karakare
Spoken in: Nigeria 
Region: Bauchi State, Yobe State
Total speakers: 150,000-200,000 (1993)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
 Chadic
  West Chadic
   A
    A.2
     Bole
      Karakare
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: 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. [1]

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  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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