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[2] |
Adara (also Eda[3] and Kadara), is a Plateau language of Nigeria.
Some estimates place the population of the Adara people at around 350,000. About 55% of the Adara are Christians.[4]
Distribution
Eda (Kadara) is spoken mainly in Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna state and in Niger state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.
References
- ↑ Adara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kadara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Roger Blench (5 July 2009). "The Eda [= Kadara] language of Central Nigeria" (PDF).
- ↑ Joshua project entry on the Adara
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