Adara language
| Adara | |
|---|---|
| Eda | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State; Niger State |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kad |
| Glottolog | kada1284 |
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| Person | Àndara[2] |
|---|---|
| People | Àdara |
| Language | Èdrà |
| Person | Ànda[2] |
|---|---|
| People | Àda |
| Language | Èdà |
Adara (also Eda[3] and Kadara), is a Central Plateau language[4] spoken by Adara people of Kaduna state and Niger state of Nigeria. The name Adara is also used to refer to the ethnic group.
Some estimates place the population of the Adara people at around 500,000. About 80% of the Adara are Christians while some also adhere to Islam.[5]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Adara is spoken mainly in Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas as well as parts of Chikun and Kagarko of Kaduna state. In Paikoro and Munya local governments areas of Niger State in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.[6]
Dialects
[edit | edit source]Dialects of the Adara language include the Adara dialect, Eneje, Ada, Ekhwa, and Ajiya.[6]: 1
Blench (2019) lists Eda, Edra, and Enezhe as dialects.[2]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Alveo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | [c] j | k g | kp gb | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | [ɣ] | h | |||
| Affricate | [bv] | |||||||
| Approximant | y | w | ||||||
| Lateral | l |
Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Adara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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- ^ Joshua project entry on the Adara
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Listen to a sample of Adara from Global Recordings Network
- Eda wordlist (with English and Hausa)
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