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1 Distribution  




2 Dialects  




3 Phonology  


3.1  Consonants  




3.2  Vowels  






4 References  




5 Further reading  




6 External links  













Adara language






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Adara
Eda
Native toNigeria
RegionKaduna State; Niger State

Native speakers

300,000 (2011)[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

Language codes
ISO 639-3kad
Glottologkada1284
PersonÀndara[2]
PeopleÀdara
LanguageÈdrà
PersonÀnda[2]
PeopleÀda
LanguageÈdà

Adara (also Eda[3] and Kadara), is a language 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.[4]

Distribution[edit]

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.[5]

NOTABLE PEOPLE IN ADARA: Mr. Williams Dogo, Central Bank of Nigeria, Stephen Manya, former INEC Commissioner, Abraham Alabura Katoh PDP Publicity Secretary of Kaduna state, Pharm Patrick Maigara for Commissioner for Health Kaduna state, Dr Everton Peter Yari former commissioner for Health, Mr. Tom Maiyashi, Dr. Maiwada Raphael Galadima, Agom Adara III, Sani Magaji, former Commissioner of Police Ondo state.

Dialects[edit]

Dialects of the Adara language include the Adara dialect, Eneje, Ada, Ekhwa, and Ajiya.[5]: 1 

Blench (2019) lists Eda, Edra, and Enezhe as dialects.[2]

Phonology[edit]

Consonants[edit]

[3]: 3 
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]

[3]: 2 
Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

References[edit]

  1. ^ AdaraatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ a b c Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  • ^ a b c Roger Blench (5 July 2009). "The Eda [= Kadara] language of Central Nigeria" (PDF).
  • ^ Joshua project entry on the Adara
  • ^ a b Hon, Luther; Ajaegbu, Grace; Magnusson, Carol; Nweke, Uche S.; Yoder, Zachariah (27 April 2012). "A Summary of a Sociolinguistic Survey of the Adara of Kaduna and Niger States, Nigeria" (PDF). SIL.

    • Further reading[edit]

    External links[edit]


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