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 to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cfd |
| Glottolog | cara1270 |
| ELP | Cara |
Ethnologue places Cara in Central Plateau. The assignment to Beromic follows Blench (2008).
References
edit- ^ Cara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger. M. 1999. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios, 11:11:14.
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