Tar Gula language


The Gula language, or Tar Gula, of the Central African Republic, commonly known as Kara, is a Central Sudanic language or dialect cluster. The term "Kara" is also attached to numerous ethnic groups of the region and their languages, and so is often ambiguous.

Names

Ethnologue lists Gula du Mamoun, Kara and Yamegi as synonyms, and Molo, Mele, Mot-Mar, Sar, Mere, and Zura as dialects.

Classification

Sources disagree as to whether Gula shares a Kara branch with other languages, with proposed Kara languages in one classification reassigned to other branches in other classifications.

Locations

As of 2013, ethnic Kara were reported to be residing in Menamba Boma, Ringi Payam, Raja County.