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Lere language

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Endangered Kainji dialect cluster of Nigeria
Lere
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State, Bauchi State
Ethnicity16,000 (2000)
Extinct2018
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Si
  • Gana
  • Takaya (Taura)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gnh
Glottologlere1241
ELPLere

Lere is an extinct Kainji dialect cluster of Nigeria. The ethnic population was cited as 16,000 in 2000, of whom only a few speak the language. A wordlist from the Takaya dialect can be found under External links.

Dialects

Dialects are:

  • Si (Rishuwa, Kuzamani)
  • Gana
  • Takaya (Taura)

References

  1. ^ Lere at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Further reading

  • Blench, Roger (2004), "The Status of the East Kainji Languages of Central Nigeria: Recent Research", in Gerhardt, Ludwig (ed.), Mallam Dendo
  • Blench, Roger (2014), "Nominal Affixing in the Kainji Languages of Northwestern and Central Nigeria", in Watters, John (ed.), Kay Williamson Educational Foundation

External links

Platoid languages
Jukunoid
Kainji
Kambari
Basa
Kamuku
Shiroro
Northwest
Lakes
East
Northern
Kauru
Shammo
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Plateau
Tarokoid
South
Alumic
Ninzic
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Beromic
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