Lela language

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]

Lela
Dakarkari
C΄-Lélà
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kebbi State, Niger State, Zamfara State
Native speakers	(90,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Northwest Kainji Lela
Dialects	Ribah
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dri
Glottolog	clel1238

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

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

1. Lela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Further reading

• Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Lela people