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ALSO KNOWN AS		Chara, Fachara, Nfachara, Fakara, Pakara, Tera, Teriya, Terri, Tariya
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Plateau
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cfd
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Information from: “The Cara language of Central Nigeria and its affinities” . Roger Blench (2006)

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<3,000
Native speakers worldwide
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"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."

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"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."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hausa
English

PLACES: Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "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."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3000-4000
Native speakers worldwide
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Speaker number: "735 (1936 HDG); 3-4000 (Blench 1999)"

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: Plateau State, Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Plateau State, Bassa LGA"

PLACES: Bassa LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<3,000
Native speakers worldwide

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"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."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hausa
English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The Cara tend to know Hausa and some younger people also speak English, but generally do not speak the languages of their neighbours."

PLACES: Teriya village, Bassa LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria

		3		2011	An Atlas of Nigerian Languages					Mallam Dendo		Cambridge		http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2011. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." Mallam Dendo. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf.	HHOLD	3000-4000	1999	1000-9999	Speaker number: "735 (1936 HDG); 3-4000 (Blench 1999)"			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Plateau State, Nigeria	"Plateau State, Bassa LGA"
	May		11	1999	Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages		11-14				Ogmios Newsletter			http://www.ogmios.org/ogmios/Ogmios_011.pdf	Roger Blench	Blench, R. (1999). Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages. Ogmios Newsletter, 11-14.		<3,000		1000-9999		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."	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"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."	Teriya village, Bassa LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria		9.917111, 8.818588
9780700711970				2007	Africa	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages		Christopher Moseley		Routledge			7		Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz	Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.											Bassa LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria
				2006	The Cara language of Central Nigeria and its affinities				Draft Manuscript January 3, 2006						Roger Blench	Blench, Roger. 2006. "The Cara Language of Central Nigeria and Its Affinities."	HHOLD	<3,000		1000-9999	"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."	Hausa, English		Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"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."	Nigeria	"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."	10.103839, 12.652185

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<3,000

Threatened

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3000-4000

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<3,000

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60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<3,000

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3000-4000

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<3,000

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