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Kari language

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ISO 639-3
  
kbj

Guthrie code
  
D.301

Glottolog
  
kari1306

Native to
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic

Native speakers
  
(undated figure of 1,000 in DRC) scattered speakers in CAR (1996) may be nearly extinct (2007)

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Boan Bomokandian Ngbele–Ngenda Kare

Kare or Kari is a poorly documented Congolese Bantu language of uncertain affiliation (though listed as unclassified Zone D.30 by Guthrie). There are scattered speakers in the Central African Republic.

References

Kari language Wikipedia