Kara language (Central African Republic and South Sudan)
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found: Ethnologue:p. 192, 312 (Kara (Yamegi) Central African Republic at Kafia Kingi, and Sudan in Bahr el Ghazal Province and at Kata. Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, Bongo-Bagirmi, Sara-Bagirmi, Kara. Distinct from Karo of Ethiopia which is Cushitic, Kara (Falasha) dialect of Awngi of Ethiopia and Israel, or Kare of Chad. Do not confuse with Kari in Central African Republic and Zaire, which is a Bira-Huku language, or Kari in Central African Republic, Chad and Cameroon, which is a Mbum language.)
found: Fivaz, S. African Languages, 1977:p. 11, under Sara-Bagirmi (Subgroup of Bongo-Bagirmi Group, Central Sudanic Language family (Kara))
found: Boyeldieu, P. Langues Fer ("Kara") et Yulu du Nord Centrafricain, 1987:p. 11 (Le fer--connu sous le nom de kara ...) p. 13, footnote (Fer et Yama sont les noms que se donnent respectivement à eux-mêmes les "Kara" de Centrafique et du Soudan.)
found: Nougayrol, P. Les parlers gula, 1999:p. 22 (Kara du Soudan (autonyme Yama); footnote: kara also used for Fer and Yulu)
found: Gurtong WWW site, Aug. 30, 2011:(Kara, a South Sudanese people; The Kara form the bulk of the population in eastern Dar Kouti, thus called 'Dar Kara' in Raga district, western Bahr el Ghazal)
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2002-10-23: new
2011-11-15: revised
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