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Karekare language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
kai

Native speakers
  
150,000 (1993)

Glottolog
  
kare1348

Karekare language

Region
  
Bauchi State, Yobe State

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Bole (North) Karekare

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.

References

Karekare language Wikipedia