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Nara

A language of Eritrea

ISO 639-3: nrb

Population  81,400 (2006).
Region  West, Barentu area and north, next to Kunama territory south.
Language map  Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, reference number 59
Alternate names   “Barea” , “Baria” , “Barya” , Higir, Koyta, Mogareb, Nera, Santora
Dialects  Considerable dialect variation within the 4 main groups: Higir, Mogareb, Koyta, Santora. Little intelligibility with Kunama [kun].
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Nara
Language use  They use Tigré [tig] for intercommunication, or Arabic [arb]. The Koyta use Kunama.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SOV; case suffixes; passive verbs; reciprocal verbs. Muslim, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABUSHUSH, Dawd Adem; ASHKABA, John Abraha; AWED, Sulus Beyed; DAVIS, Patricia M.; GHEBREMEDHIN, Tesfai Bariagaber; HAMMADU, Osman; HOATSON, Kristen; HOATSON, Todd; IDRIS, Saleh Mahmud; MOHAMMED, Ibrahim; OKBATSION, Solomon Berhane; OSMAN ALI, Mohammed; TEKRURAY, Daniel Teclemariam; WALTER, Stephen L., authors. 2005. Eritrea national reading survey, September 2002.

KIEVIT, Dirk, author. 2007. "Nara."