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Also known as Karekare language, Karekare, Karaikarai, Kerekere, Kerrikerri

Karai-karai (Francophonic spelling: Karekare, Kerrikerri, Ajami: كاراي-كاراي) is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently North eastern Nigeria. The number of speakers of Karai-karai is estimated between 1,500,000 and 1,800,000 million, primarily spoken by the ethnic Karai-Karai people. It is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken principally in Nigeria with communities in Bauchi State, Yobe State, Gombe State and other parts of Nigeria. Many Karai-karai words share a common origin with the Northwest Semitic languages of Hebrew and Arabic. The Karai-karai language is most closely related to

Key facts

Language.name
Karai-karai
Language.nativename
كاراي-كاراي (Ajami)
Language.states
Nigeria
Language.region
Bauchi State, Yobe State, Gombe State
Language.ethnicity
Karai-Karai
Language.speakers
million
Language.date
2010
Language.ref
e26
Language.familycolor
Afro-Asiatic
Language.fam2
Chadic
Language.fam3
West Chadic
Language.fam4
Bole–Angas
Language.fam5
Bole–Tangale (A.2)
Language.fam6
Bole (North)
Language.script
Latin (Karai-karai alphabet)Arabic script (formerly)
Language.iso3
kai
Language.glotto
kare1348
Language.glottorefname
Karai-karai

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Bole–Tangale
Country
Nigeria
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topic's main category
Category:Karekare language
writing system
Latin script
number of speakers, writers, or signers
1800000
linguistic typology
tonal language
indigenous to
Kano State
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Classification
  • Bole-Tangale languages
  • Literary Karai-karai
  • Writing system
  • Alphabets
  • Orthography
  • Vowels
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • Works cited

Karai-karai (Francophonic spelling: Karekare, Kerrikerri, Ajami: كاراي-كاراي) is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently North eastern Nigeria. The number of speakers of Karai-karai is estimated between 1,500,000 and 1,800,000 million, primarily spoken by the ethnic Karai-Karai people. It is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken principally in Nigeria with communities in Bauchi State, Yobe State, Gombe State and other parts of Nigeria. Many Karai-karai words share a common origin with the Northwest Semitic languages of Hebrew and Arabic. The Karai-karai language is most closely related to the Ngamo and Bole languages (spoken in north eastern Nigeria) which are both considered derivatives of the Karai-karai language.

== Distribution == Karai-karai (and its dialects) is a well-spoken language in the following northern Nigerian states: Bauchi State Yobe State Borno State Gombe State Taraba State Adamawa State Jigawa State Kano State Nasarawa State

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