Harshen Chara

Chara
Lafazin lafazin	sa'a
Dan ƙasa ku	Habasha
Masu magana na asali	13,000 (ƙidayar 2007)
Iyalin harshe	Afro-Asiya Omotic Arewa Ometo Chara
Tsarin rubutu	Babu
Lambobin harshe		ISO 639-3	cra	Glottolog	char1269	ELP	C'ara

Chara (a madadin Ciara ko C'ara ) harshe ne na Afro-Asiatic na Arewacin Omotic iri-iri da ake magana da shi a cikin Al'ummomin Kudancin, Al'ummai, da Jama'ar Habasha ta mutane 13,000

Matsayi

Chara tana yankin kudu maso gabashin Nayi, yamma da Kullo, arewa maso gabashin Mesketo, da arewa maso yammacin Gofa . Masu magana da harshen Chara suna zaune ne a yankin Al'ummar Kudancin kasar nan, a shiyyar Debub Omo, a bangarorin biyu na kogin Omo . Masu magana da Chara sun warwatse a ƙauyuka uku a Habasha : Geba a meša, Buna Anta, da Kumba . Masu iya magana na asali kuma suna iya magana Melo, Wolaytta (54% kamanceceniya da Chara) zuwa gabas, da Kafa zuwa yamma.

Fassarar sauti

Consonants

Wayoyin baki na Chara

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatoalveolar / </br> Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal 1		m	n	[ɲ]
M	Mara murya	p	t		k	ʔ
	Murya	b	d		ɡ
	Mai fita	pʼ	tʼ		kʼ
	M	ɓ	( ɗ</link> )
Haɗin kai	Mara murya		ts	tɕ
	Murya			dʑ
	Mai fita		sʼ	tɕʼ
Ƙarfafawa		[f]	s	ɕ, (ʑ)		h
Kusanci		w		j
Trill			r
Na gefe			l

[p] da [f] suna cikin bambancin kyauta. /ɗ/ kawai yana faruwa a cikin kalmar /jalɗa~jaltʼa/ 'karguje'. Yilma (2002) ya samo /ɓ/ ya faru sau biyar a cikin abubuwa kusan 550 na ƙamus. Ya kuma sami /ʑ/ yana faruwa biyu, duka a cikin jerin /iʑa/. Faɗin /ɗ/ da /pʼ/ ana iya sarrafa su ta hanyar bambancin yare.

Wasula

Wayoyin wasali na Chara

	Gaba	Tsakiya	Baya
Kusa	i		ku
Tsakar	e		o
Bude		a

/a/ an gane shi azaman [ə] a cikin kalmomin tsaka-tsaki marasa ma'ana.

Tsawon yana ɗan bambanta. Ƙananan nau'i-nau'i sun haɗa da /mola/ 'kifi', /moːla/ 'kwai'; /masa/ 'wanke', /maːsa/ 'damisa'; /buna/ 'flower', /buːna/ 'kofi'.

Suprasegmentals

Chara yana da damuwa ta sauti. Misalai: /ˈbakʼa/ 'mare', /baˈkʼa/ 'ba komai'; /woja/ 'to zo', /woˈja/ 'wolf'.

Morphophonemics

Morpheme-nasal na farko yana daidaita ma'anar magana zuwa na baƙon da ya gabata, yawanci ana samun su lokacin da ake ƙara fi'ili tare da morpheme guda ɗaya mai mahimmanci /-na/, misali /dub-na/ "to hit.imp" → [dubma] 'buga! '.