Ethnologue

Karaboro, Eastern

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Kɛ yur, Kai, Kar, Ker, Kler

Autonym

Kai Yor

Population

35,000 in Burkina Faso (1995 SIL). Total users in all countries: 40,610.

Location

Cascades region: Comoe province, east of main Ferké to Bobo-Dioulosso road and Banfora.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Kar dialect averages 70% comprehension by Western Karaboro [kza], but the reverse is 30%.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Jula [dyu].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1994.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Muslim.