Kera

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
ker
Population

44,500 in Chad (1993 census). Population total all countries: 50,500.

Location

Mayo-Kebbi Est Region, Mont d’Illi department, south of Fianga, near Lake Tikem. Also in Cameroon.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, A, A.3
Dialects

Lexical similarity: 42% with Kwang [kvi].

Typology

SVO

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%–15%. Grammar. NT: 2005.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kera
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Confused with neighboring Tupuri [tui] in some publications.

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