Pare language

Pare
Pare
Kipare, Casu
Native to	Tanzania
Native speakers	(500,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Pare-Taveta Pareic Pare; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	asa
Glottolog	asut1235
Guthrie code	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.

Native speakers

(500,000 cited 2000)^[1]

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	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	p b		t d	tɕ dʑ	k g
Prenasalized	ᵐp ᵐb		ⁿt ⁿd ⁿz	ⁿdʑ	ᵑk ᵑg
Fricative	f v	(θ) (ð)	s z	ɕ	x ɣ
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Approximant	w		r, l	j

Phonology

Pare
Kipare, Casu
Native to	Tanzania
Native speakers	(500,000 cited 2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Pare-Taveta Pareic Pare
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`asa`
Glottolog	`asut1235`
Guthrie code	`G.22`^[2]