Lela language
Lela | |
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C’lela | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Kebbi State, Niger State |
Native speakers | (90,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | dri |
Glottolog | clel1238 |
Lela | |
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Person | k΄-Lélà |
People | Lélnà |
Language | c΄-Lélà |
Lela or C’lela (Chilela) is a Kainji language of Nigeria. It is known as Dakarkari in Hausa.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Lela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Further reading[]
Categories:
- Northwest Kainji languages
- Languages of Nigeria
- Benue–Congo language stubs