Tar_Gula_language

Tar Gula language

Tar Gula language

Sudanic language spoken in Central Africa

Not to be confused with Sara Gula language.

The Gula language, or Tar Gula, of the Central African Republic, commonly known as Kara, is a Central Sudanic language or dialect cluster. The term "Kara" is also attached to numerous ethnic groups of the region and their languages, and so is often ambiguous.

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Names

Ethnologue lists Gula du Mamoun, Kara (of South Sudan) and Yamegi as synonyms, and Molo, Mele, Mot-Mar (Moto-Mara), Sar (Sara), Mere, and Zura (Koto) as dialects.

Classification

Sources disagree as to whether Gula shares a Kara branch with other languages, with proposed Kara languages in one classification reassigned to other branches in other classifications. (See Kara languages.)

Locations

As of 2013, ethnic Kara were reported to be residing in Menamba Boma, Ringi Payam, Raja County.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Kara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Village Assessment Survey". International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013.


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