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Gbaya Kara language

Northwest Gbaya
Native to Cameroon, Central African Republic
Native speakers
(65,000 in Cameroon cited 1980)
200,000 in CAR (1996), 2,000 in Congo (1993)
Niger–Congo
Dialects
  • Kàrà
  • Làì
  • (3rd variety)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog nort2775

Northwest Gbaya is a Gbaya language spoken across a broad expanse of Cameroon and the Central African Republic. The principal variety is Kara (Kàrà, Gbaya Kara), a name shared with ; Lay (Làì) is restricted to a small area north of Mbodomo, with a third between it and Toongo that is not named in Moñino (2010), but is influenced by the Gbaya languages to the south.

For male initiation rites, the Gbaya Kara use a language called La'bi.



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