Social:Lere language

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Short description: Endangered Kainji dialect cluster of Nigeria
Lere
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State, Bauchi State
Ethnicity16,000 (2000)[1]
Extinct2018e25
Niger–Congo
Dialects
  • Si
  • Gana
  • Takaya (Taura)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gnh
Glottologlere1241[2]

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:[3]

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

References

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  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Lere". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/lere1241. 
  3. 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, Mallam Dendo 
  • Blench, Roger (2014), "Nominal Affixing in the Kainji Languages of Northwestern and Central Nigeria", in Watters, John, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation 

External links