ISO 639-3 · kaikai
Afroasiatic family
Karekare
Karekare is a language of the Bole–Tangale branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria. Wikidata counts about 1.8 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in Nigeria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kai- Glottocode
kare1348- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Karekare |
|---|---|
| Also called | Karekare language, Karekare, Karaikarai, Kerekere, Kerrikerri |
| All speakers | 1,800,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Karekare
The branches above Karekare, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Nigeria
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpcmNigerian Pidginunclassified · 47.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialiboIgboNiger–Congo · 27 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication