Cara (Chara, Fachara), also called Teriya after the village it is spoken in, is a small
Plateau language
The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria.
Berom and Eggon have the most speakers. ...
of central Nigeria. Cara is spoken by about 3,000 people in Teriya village,
Bassa, Plateau State
Bassa is a Local Government Area in the north of Plateau State, Nigeria, bordering Kaduna and Bauchi States. Its headquarters are in the town of Bassa at.
It has an area of 1,743 km with other small towns like Miango, Mc Alley; originally c ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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[Blench, Roger. M. 1999]
Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages
''Ogmios'', 11:11:14.
''Ethnologue'' places Cara in
Central Plateau. The assignment to Beromic follows Blench (2008).
References
Further reading
*
A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Cara (cfd) Language of Plateau State, Nigeria'
External links
Cara wordlist
Beromic languages
Languages of Nigeria
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