The Fer language, also Dam Fer or Fertit, one of several languages called Kara ("Kara of Birao"), is a Central Sudanic language spoken by some five thousand people in the northern Central African Republic near the Sudanese and Chadian borders, in the region known as Dar Runga.
| Fer | |
|---|---|
| Kara of Birao | |
| Native to | Central African Republic |
| Region | Birao |
Native speakers | (4,800 cited 1996)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kah |
| Glottolog | kara1482 |
| ELP | Kara |
While the Ethnologue leaves it unclassified, it appears to be a Bongo–Bagirmi language within the Central Sudanic family (Lionel Bender, Pascal Boyeldieu);[2] Roger Blench classifies "Fer" as Bagirmi, but "Kara of Birao" as one of the related Kara languages.
References
edit- ^ Fer at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Kara (Central African Republic)". Glottolog 4.3.
External links
edit- Fer "Kara" - Boyeldieu
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