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Central Sudanic language of the CAR ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Fer
Kara of Birao
Native toCentral African Republic
RegionBirao
Native speakers(4,800 cited 1996)
Language familyNilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3kah
Glottologkara1482
ELPKara

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.

While the Ethnologue leaves it unclassified, it appears to be a Bongo–Bagirmi language within the Central Sudanic family (Lionel Bender, Pascal Boyeldieu); Roger Blench classifies "Fer" as Bagirmi, but "Kara of Birao" as one of the related Kara languages.

References

  1. Fer at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Kara (Central African Republic)". Glottolog 4.3.

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Central Sudanic languages
Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
Bongo–Bagirmi
Bongo–Baka
Morokodo–Beli
Kara
Bagirmi
Sara
East
Central
West
Kaba
Vale
Yulu
Fongoro?
Sinyar?
Birri–Kresh
Birri
Kresh
Lendu–Mangbetu
Mangbetu–Asoa
Mangbutu–Lese
Lenduic
Moru–Madi
Moru
Central Ma'di
Southern Ma'di
Mimi-D?
Italics indicate extinct languages


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