Karekare
Karekare is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria, by about 1.8 million people.
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Karai-karai (Francophonic spelling: Karekare, Kerrikerri, Ajami: كاراي-كاراي) is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently North eastern Nigeria. The number of speakers of Karai-karai is estimated between 1,500,000 and 1,800,000 million, primarily spoken by the ethnic Karai-Karai people. It is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken principally in Nigeria with communities in Bauchi State, Yobe State, Gombe State and other parts of Nigeria. Many Karai-karai words share a common origin with the Northwest Semitic languages of Hebrew and Arabic. The Karai-karai language is most closely related to the Ngamo and Bole languages (spoken in north eastern Nigeria) which are both considered derivatives of the Karai-karai language.
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Words in Karekare
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Nga* | |
| name | suN* | |
| eye | ido* | |
| ear | kum3w* | |
| nose | kwantuN* | |
| tooth | wutu* | |
| tongue | lusuN* | |
| blood | dow3n* | |
| bone | kw3su* | |
| skin | irgi* | |
| knee | gum3w* | |
| breast | y3di* | |
| liver | rubus3w* | |
| water | àmù | |
| fire | esi* | |
| sun | f3ti* | |
| star | dinden3w* | |
| stone | bat3g3wC3w* | |
| mountain | g3wC3w* | |
| tree | ba* | |
| leaf | arakum3w* | |
| night | bedi* | |
| dog | ada* | |
| fish | Tar3fu* | |
| louse | jaNkwar* | |
| one | w3di* | |
| two | belu* | |
| drink | sa* | |
| see | na* | |
| hear | k3la* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kare1348 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kai