Cara language

Cara
Teriya
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1999)
Language codes
ISO 639-3cfd
Glottologcara1270
ELPCara

Cara (Chara, Fachara), also called Teriya after the village it is spoken in, is a small Plateau language of central Nigeria. Cara is spoken by about 3,000 people in Teriya village, Bassa, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Ethnologue places Cara in Central Plateau. The assignment to Beromic follows Blench (2008).