Kara language (Tanzania)

For other uses, see Kara languages.

Kara, or Regi, is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken off Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria. Jita–Kara–Kwaya are close to being dialects.

Kara
Regi
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Lake Victoria
Native speakers	(86,000 cited 1987)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Suguti Kara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	reg
Glottolog	kara1481
Guthrie code	JE.252^[2]

References

1. Kara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009.