Lela language

Lela
Lela
C’lela
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kebbi State, Niger State
Native speakers	(90,000 cited 1993)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Northwest Kainji Lela; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Ribah;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dri
Glottolog	clel1238

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.

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