Lere language
| Lere | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State, Bauchi State |
| Ethnicity | 16,300 (2000)[1] |
Native speakers | (undated figure of "a few")[2] |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
gnh |
| Glottolog |
lere1241[3] |
Lere is a nearly 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.
References
- ↑ Lere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Lere at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Lere". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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
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