Karekare language

Karekare (Francophonic spelling: Kerrikerri, Karekare, Karrikarri, Kare-kare, Kərikəri, Karaikarai, Karai Karai, Kerekere, Kerrikerri, Karkanci) is a language spoken in West Africa and most prominently North eastern Nigeria. The number of speakers of Karekare is estimated between 1,500,000 to 1,800,000 million, primarily by the ethnic Karekare people. It is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken principally in Nigeria with communities in Bauchi state, Yobe state and other parts of Nigeria. Many Karekare words are originated from the Northwest Semitic language known as Hebrew. Karekare is most closely related to the Ngamo and Bole languages (spoken in North eastern Nigeria).
Classification.
Karekare is classified among the Bole-Tangale languages, which 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. In present-day Nigeria, it is estimated that there are over 2 million Karekare primary and secondary language speakers within Nigeria, it is the second most widely spoken language in North eastearn Nigeria.
Bole-Tangale languages.
Below is a comprehensive list of Bole–Tangale languages names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). It is the subgroup which the Karekare language belongs 
Literary Karekare.
Standard Karekare has its origin in the 1950s, when Northern Region Literary Agency (NORLA) worked on the book Ndar Ma Karatu which is the earliest publication in Karekare published by Gaskiya Corporation.