Tar Gula language
Kara | |
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Tar Gula | |
Native to | Central African Republic and South Sudan |
Ethnicity | Kara |
Native speakers | (13,000 cited 1996)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kcm |
Glottolog | gula1266 |
The Gula language, or Tar Gula, of the Central African Republic, commonly known as Kara, is a Central Sudanic language or dialect cluster. The term "Kara" is also attached to numerous ethnic groups of the region and their languages, and so is often ambiguous.
Names[]
Ethnologue lists Gula du Mamoun, Kara (of South Sudan) and Yamegi as synonyms, and Molo, Mele, Mot-Mar (Moto-Mara), Sar (Sara), Mere, and Zura (Koto) as dialects.
Classification[]
Sources disagree as to whether Gula shares a Kara branch with other languages, with proposed Kara languages in one classification reassigned to other branches in other classifications. (See Kara languages.)
Locations[]
As of 2013, ethnic Kara were reported to be residing in Menamba Boma, Ringi Payam, Raja County.[2]
References[]
- ^ Kara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ "Village Assessment Survey". International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013.
Categories:
- Bongo–Bagirmi languages
- Languages of the Central African Republic
- Central African Republic–South Sudan relations
- Nilo-Saharan language stubs