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Adara
Eda
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State, Niger State
Native speakers
300,000 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kad
Glottologkada1284

Adara (also Eda[2] and Kadara), is a Plateau language of Nigeria.

Some estimates place the population of the Adara people at around 350,000. About 55% of the Adara are Christians.[3]

Distribution

Eda (Kadara) is spoken mainly in Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna state and in Niger state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.

References

  1. ^ Adara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Roger Blench (5 July 2009). "The Eda [= Kadara] language of Central Nigeria" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Joshua project entry on the Adara