Karai-karai
Karai-karai (Francophonic spelling: Karekare, Kerrikerri, Ajami: كاراي-كاراي)[2] is a language spoken in West Africa, most prominently North eastern Nigeria.Many Karai-karai words share a common origin with the Northwest Semitic languages of Hebrew and Arabic.[1] Karai-karai (and its dialects) is a well-spoken language in the following northern Nigerian states: Karai-karai is classified among the Bole-Tangale languages, together with Bure, Deno, Gero, Geruma, Galambu, Giiwo, Kubi, Maaka, Ɓeele, Daza, Pali, Ngamo, Bole and the isolate Tangale form the BoleTangale group of languages within the West Chadic branch of the Chadic family.Below is a comprehensive list of Bole–Tangale languages names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).The Latin letters ⟨q⟩, ⟨v⟩, ⟨x⟩ are not used as part of the official orthography of Standard Karai-karai.