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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Karekare

Karekare

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3kai

Population  150,000 (1993 CAPRO).
Region  Bauchi state, Gamawa and Misau LGAs; Yobe state, Fika and Nangere LGAs.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 4, reference number 220
Alternate names   Karai Karai, Karaikarai, Kerekere, Kerrikerri
Dialects  Jalalam (West Karekare), Birkai, Kwarta Mataci.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, A, A.2, Bole, Karekare
Language development  Grammar.
Comments  Muslim, traditional religion, Christian.