Saari language

Saari
Saari
Nsari
Region	Cameroon
Native speakers	7,600 (2008)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Eastern Beboid Saari; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	asj
Glottolog	nsar1238

Saari, or Nsari, is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon. According to Ethnologue, it's 84% lexically similar to Ncane, making it very close to the Noni cluster.

References[]

^ Saari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
Richards, Russell M. 1991. Phonologie de trois langues beboides du Cameroun: Noone, Ncanti et Sari. Thèse pour le doctorat (Arrête du 23 Novembre 1988), Livres I. et II. Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III.

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[e18-1] Saari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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v t Beboid languages
Eastern	Chung Bebe Kemezung Naki Saari Noni Fio Mbuk
Western	Mungbam Missong Mundabli Buu Mbu’ Lung Fang Koshin

Saari
Nsari
Region	Cameroon
Native speakers	7,600 (2008)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Eastern Beboid Saari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`asj`
Glottolog	`nsar1238`