Lere language

Lere
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State, Bauchi State
Ethnicity	16,000 (2000)[1]
Extinct	2018[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji East Kainji Lere
Dialects	Si Gana Takaya (Taura)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gnh
Glottolog	lere1241
ELP	Lere

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:^[2]

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

References

1. Lere at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. 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

External links

• Lere profile at the Endangered Languages Project
• Lere Takaya Wordlist