Lela
Dakarkari
C΄-Lélà
Native toNigeria
RegionKebbi State, Niger State, Zamfara State
Native speakers
(90,000 cited 1993)[1]
Dialects
  • Ribah
Language codes
ISO 639-3dri
Glottologclel1238
Lela
PersonK΄-Lélà
PeopleLélnà
LanguageC΄-Lélà

Lela or C'lela is a Kainji language of Nigeria. It is known as Cilela in Hausa, and it is also known as Dakarkari, because it is spoken by the Dakarkari people[2][3]

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 Ztate.

References

  1. Lela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Further reading


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