"The Karko consider themselves to speak Arabic well, while the elders know Karko at a deeper level. Other than Arabic and Karko, they do not consider themselves able to speak any other language well. Some of them understand Ama and/or Mandal. There are older Karko people who do not speak any language other than Karko... The older people tend to use Karko as their only language of communication. Young people are reportedly proud of the Karko language, yet there are many Karko people who only understand the language without being able to speak it... When asked what language the future generation of children will be speaking, the respondents indicated that they think it will be Arabic, but an older lady said that she wants the children to use Karko. Another person commented that he thinks it is important
to continue speaking Karko 'because in years to come, they will forget their dialect and so it is good for them to know it.'"