Northwest Kainji languages

The six Northwest Kainji languages, also known as the Lela languages or the Duka languages, are spoken near Kainji Lake on the Niger River in Nigeria. They are distinguishable from other Kainji languages by the reduction of their noun-class prefixes to single consonants.Roger Blench, 2010, The Northwest Kainji languages

Classification Blench (2018) Northwest Kainji classification by Blench (2018):Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press.

Northwest Kainji ? Damakawa

cLela Hun-Saare Ma'in, Wurə-Gwamhyə-Mba

The position of Damakawa is uncertain.

Blench (2010) In Blench (2010), Lela (C'lela and Ribah) is divergent from the other languages, though poorly attested Damakawa has similarities.

Northwest Kainji Lela (C'lela), ? Damakawa

Gwamhi-Wuri ut-Ma'in (Fakai), Hun-Saare (Duka)

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