Lela language

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

Lela
Lela
Dakarkari
C΄-Lélà
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kebbi State, Niger State, Zamfara 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 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 State.

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.