Kare language (Adamawa)
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Kare is an Mbum language
of the Central African Republic
There are a few thousand speakers in Cameroon
.
Ethnologue 16 reports that Kare is intelligible with Mbum
proper. However, languages more closely related to either are not reported to be intelligible.
Mbum languages
The Mbum languages are a small group of the Mbum–Day branch of the erstwhile Adamawa languages, spoken in southern Chad, northwestern Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, and eastern Nigeria...
of the Central African Republic
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
There are a few thousand speakers in Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
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Ethnologue 16 reports that Kare is intelligible with Mbum
Mbum language
The Mbum are considered the original population of the Adamawa Plateau in Cameroon. That said, some histories recall that there were a people already in the area when they arrived there centuries ago...
proper. However, languages more closely related to either are not reported to be intelligible.