Kera language

Kera
Native to	Chad, Cameroon
Native speakers	50,000 (1993)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic A Kwang (A.3) Kera
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ker`
Glottolog	`kera1255`^[2]

Kera is an East Chadic language spoken by 45,000 people in Southwest Chad and 6,000 people in North Cameroon.

It was called "Tuburi" by Greenberg, a name shared with Tupuri.

Grammar

Kera is a subject–verb–object language, using prepositions. It uses exclusively borderline case-marking.

References

↑ Kera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kera". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

Research on stress in Kera

Languages of Cameroon

Official languages	French English (local dialect)

Major languages	Bamum Bulu Duala Ewondo Fulfulde Kom Lamnso Medumba

Indigenous languages	Abon Afade Aghem Ambo Bafaw-Balong Bafia Baka Baldemu Bamali Bambalang Bana Bangolan Bankon Basaa Bata Bati Batu Bebele Bebil Beti Bikya Bishuo Bitare Bomwali Bonkeng Bube Bung Buwal Byep Caka Ceve Chamba Leko Cuvok Daba Dek Dowayo Ɗugwor Duli Eman Esimbi Eton Evant Fa’ Fang Fanji Fe'fe' Fut Gawar Gbanu Gbanzili Ghomala' Gidar Glavda Gude Gunu Gvoko Hausa Hdi Hijuk Hina Hya Ipulo Iyive Jimi Jina Kaalong Kabba Kako Kali Kanuri Kare Kasabe Kera Ki Kogo Kol Koma Kpwe Kuo Kutin Kwa’ Kwakum Kwasio La'bi Lagwan Limba Limbum Luo Maɗa Mafa Majera Makaa Malgbe Manenguba Mangbai Manza Maslam Massa Matal Mazagway Mbə’ Mboa Mbudum Mbuko Mbule Mbum Mefele Məgaka Mengisa Menyam Merey Mesaka Mfumte Mofu-Gudur Moloko Mono Mpade Mpumpong Mser Mundang Mungaka Musgu Muyang Nagumi Nda’nda’ Ndai Nen Nga'ka Ngambay Ngiemboon Ngomba Ngombale Ngwe Nimbari Njem Njerep Nkongho Noho Noni North Giziga North Mofu Northwest Gbaya Nyokon Nyong Nzakambay Nzanyi Nzime Oblo Oroko Otank Pam Papia Parkwa Pinyin Pol Pongo Psikyɛ Rombi Sharwa South Giziga Suwu Swo Tibea Tikar To Tsuvan Tupuri Vame Vemgo-Mabas Vengo Vere Voko Wom Wuzlam Yamba Yambe Yasa Yedina Yemba Yeni Zizilivakan Zulgo-Gemzek Zumaya

See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

East Chadic languages

East Chadic (A)

Sibine	Mawer Mire Motun Ndam Somrai Tumak

Miltu	Boor Gadang Miltu Sarua

Nancere	Kimré Lele Nancere

Gabri	Gabri Kabalai Tobanga

Kwang	Kera Kwang

Other	Buso

East Chadic (B)

Dangla	Bidiyo Dangaléat Jonkor Bourmataguil Mabire Migaama Mogum Ubi

Mubi	Birgit Jelkung Kajakse Masmaje Mubi Toram Zirenkel

Sokoro	Barein Mawa Saba Sokoro Tamki

Other	Kujargé Mokilko

Authority control	LCCN: sh85072029 SUDOC: 027636127 BNF: cb119635068 (data)

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