| Pare | |
| Nativename: | Kipare, Casu |
| States: | Tanzania |
| Speakers: | 500,000 |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
| Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam5: | Bantoid |
| Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam7: | Bantu |
| Fam8: | Northeast Bantu |
| Fam9: | Northeast Coast Bantu |
| Fam10: | Pare-Taveta |
| Fam11: | Pareic |
| Iso3: | asa |
| Glotto: | asut1235 |
| Glottorefname: | Asu (Tanzania) |
| Guthrie: | G.22 |
Pare (Kipare), also known as Asu (Casu, Chasu, Athu, Chathu), is a Northeast Coast Bantu language spoken by the Pare people of Tanzania.
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Prenasalized | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) (pronounced as /link/) | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ |
Additionally, Pare distinguishes between high tone and low tone.[1]