Lere language

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.

Lere
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State, Bauchi State
Ethnicity16,300 (2000)[1]
Native speakers
(undated figure of "a few")[2]
Dialects
  • Si
  • Gana
  • Takaya (Taura)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gnh
Glottologlere1241
ELPLere[3]

Dialects

Dialects are:[4]

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

References
  1. Lere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Lere at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Lere.
  4. 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


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