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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Central African Republic > Gula

Gula

A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639-3: kcm

Population  13,000 in Central African Republic (1996). Population total all countries: 14,100.
Region  Birao Subprefecture, Kafia Kingi near Sudan border. Also in Sudan.
Language map  Central African Republic, reference number 26
Alternate names   Goula, Gula du Mamoun, Kara, Kara de Soudan, Kara of Sudan, Tar Gula, Yamegi
Dialects  Molo, Mele, Mot-Mar (Moto-Mara), Sar (Sara), Mere, Zura (Koto).
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Kara
Comments  Different from Kara [kah] of Central African Republic, Kare [kbj] of Chad, or Gula [glu] of Chad. Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Sudan

Language name   Gula
Population  1,100 in Sudan (1987 SIL).
Region  South, extreme western Bahr el Ghazal Province, Kafia Kingi; Kata.
Language map  Sudan
Alternate names  Kara, Kara of Sudan, Yamegi
Dialects  Gula (Goula), Nguru (Bubu, Koyo).
Language use  Many also use Gbaya [krs] or Sudanese Arabic [apd].
Comments  Different from Kara [kah] of Central African Republic, Kare [kbn] of Chad, or Gula [glu] of Chad.