Kamara
A language of Ghana
| Population | 3,000 (2003 GILLBT), increasing. Ethnic population: 5,000 in Ghana (2003 GILLBT). |
| Region | Middle Northern region, edge of Hanga [hag] area, on road west of Damongo, Larabanga village. Safaliba [saf] sources report another small village 30 km south of Bole. |
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Ghana, reference number 33 |
| Dialects | Significantly different linguistically and culturally from Hanga [hag]. More similar to Dagbani [dag] than to Hanga (1997 G. Hunt). |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Northern, Oti-Volta, Western, Southeast |
| Language use | Vigorous. Kamara in Larabanga speak Kamara. All domains. All ages. Some ethnic Kamara also use Safaliba as L1. |
| Comments | Population of 3,000 in Bouna, Côte d’Ivoire reported (Becuwe 1981). Muslim. |
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