Karanga language should not be confused with Karanga language (Bantu).
Karanga | |
States: | Chad |
Region: | Ouaddaï |
Ethnicity: | Karanga, Bakha (Fala), Kashmere, Koniere (Moyo) |
Speakers: | 10,000 |
Date: | 1999 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
Fam2: | Maban |
Fam3: | Mabang |
Iso3: | kth |
Glotto: | kara1484 |
Glottorefname: | Karanga |
Karanga is a Maban language spoken in Chad. Its speakers are divided into four groups, each of which has its own dialect: the Karanga (Kurunga), Kashmere (Kachmere), Bakha (Baxa, Bakhat) a.k.a. Fala (Faala), and Koniéré (Konyare, Kognere) a.k.a. Moyo (Mooyo). Karanga is closely related to the Masalit language.[1]