Lela language

Lela
Dakarkari
C΄-Lélà
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kebbi State, Niger State, Zamfara State
Native speakers	(90,000 cited 1993) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Northwest Kainji Lela
Dialects	Ribah
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dri
Glottolog	clel1238

Lela
Person	K΄-Lélà
People	Lélnà
Language	C΄-Lélà

Lela or C'lela (also Cilela) is a Kainji language ^[2] of Nigeria. It is known as Dakarkari in the Hausa language. Its speakers are known as the Lelna people. ^{[3] [4]}

Location

The Lela live mostly in Kebbi State and Niger State. However, there are also some C-Lela speakers in other parts of Nigeria, including in Gummi LGA of Zamfara State.

References

1. Lela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "C'lela". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
4. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Further reading

• Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Lela people