Cara
[aka Chara, Fachara, Nfachara]Classification: Niger-Congo
·threatened
Classification: Niger-Congo
·threatened
Chara, Fachara, Nfachara, Fakara, Pakara, Tera, Teriya, Terri, Tariya |
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Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Plateau |
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Information from: “The Cara language of Central Nigeria and its affinities” . Roger Blench (2006)
"The Cara language is spoken by less than 3000 speakers at a maximum... Nonetheless, the language does not seem unduly threatened; during the language elicitation session it seemed that many of the children present were able to produce the required lexical items simultaneously with the adults."
"The Cara tend to know Hausa and some younger people also speak English, but generally do not speak the languages of their neighbours. The older people have the impression that younger people are giving up the language in favour of Hausa. It is clear that younger people do not have an easy command of the complex morphology required to be a competent speaker, although this may develop slowly."
Hausa
English
"The main village of the Cara is Teriya, in Bassa Local Government Area, some 5 km. east of Gurum, which is 3 km. south-east of the main Jos-Kaduna road, 11 km from Jos town."
Information from: “An Atlas of Nigerian Languages” . Roger Blench (2011) Mallam Dendo
Speaker number: "735 (1936 HDG); 3-4000 (Blench 1999)"
"Plateau State, Bassa LGA"
Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
Information from: “Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages” (11-14) . Roger Blench (1999)
"The older people have the impression that younger people are giving up the language in favour of Hausa. Certainly they do not have an easy command of the complex morphology required to be a competent speaker, although this may develop slowly."
Hausa
English
"The Cara tend to know Hausa and some younger people also speak English, but generally do not speak the languages of their neighbours."