Karanga language
| Karanga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Chad |
| Region | Ouaddaï |
| Ethnicity | Karanga, Bakha (Fala), Kashmere, Koniere (Moyo) |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1999)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kth |
| Glottolog | kara1484 |
| ELP | Karanga |
Karanga is a Maban language spoken in Chad. Its speakers are divided into four groups, each of which has its own dialect: the Karanga (Kurunga), Kashmere (Kachmere), Bakha (Baxa, Bakhat) a.k.a. Fala (Faala), and Koniéré (Konyare, Kognere) a.k.a. Moyo (Mooyo). Karanga is closely related to the Masalit language.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Karanga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Masalit language". Ethnologue. Retrieved 22 September 2016.