Adara language
Adara (also Eda[3] and Kadara), is a Plateau language of Nigeria. The name Adara is also used to refer to the ethnic group.
| Adara | |
|---|---|
| Eda | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State; Niger State |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kad |
| Glottolog | kada1284 |
| Person | Àndara[2] |
|---|---|
| People | Àdara |
| Language | Èdrà |
| Person | Ànda[2] |
|---|---|
| People | Àda |
| Language | Èdà |
Some estimates place the population of the Adara people at around 350,000. About 55% of the Adara are Christians while some also adhere to Islam.[4]
Distribution
Adara is spoken mainly in Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna State and in Niger State in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria.[5]
Dialects
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
References
- Adara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Roger Blench (5 July 2009). "The Eda [= Kadara] language of Central Nigeria" (PDF).
- Joshua project entry on the Adara
- 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.
External links
- Listen to a sample of Adara from Global Recordings Network
- Eda wordlist (with English and Hausa)
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