Adara language
{{Short description|Plateau language spoken in Nigeria}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Adara
|nativename=Eda
|region=Kaduna State; Niger State
|states=Nigeria
|speakers=300,000
|date=2011
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Benue–Congo
|fam4=Plateau
|fam5=Central ?
|fam6=North Plateau ?
|iso3=kad
|glotto=kada1284
|glottorefname=Kadara
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|person=Àndara{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}|people=Àdara|language=Èdrà|root=}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|person=Ànda|people=Àda|language=Èdà|root=}}
Adara (also Eda{{Cite web|url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Northwest/Eda-English-Hausa%20wordlist.pdf|title=The Eda [= Kadara] language of Central Nigeria|last=Roger Blench|date=5 July 2009}} 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.[https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12404/NI Joshua project entry on the Adara]
Distribution
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.
Dialects
Dialects of the Adara language include the Adara dialect, Eneje, Ada, Ekhwa, and Ajiya.{{cite journal|url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/13/94/08/139408777770980759314371853086167644846/Adara_Report_Summary_Final_kad.pdf|title=A Summary of a Sociolinguistic Survey of the Adara of Kaduna and Niger States, Nigeria|date=27 April 2012|website=SIL|first1=Luther|last1=Hon|first2=Grace|last2=Ajaegbu|first3=Carol|last3=Magnusson|first4=Uche S.|last4=Nweke|first5=Zachariah|last5=Yoder}}{{rp|1}}
Blench (2019) lists Eda, Edra, and Enezhe as dialects.{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}
Phonology
=Consonants=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| ! Bilabial
! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal |
|---|
| Plosive
| {{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}} | | {{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}} | | [{{IPA link|c}}] {{IPA link|j}} | {{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}} | {{IPA link|kp}} {{IPA link|gb}} | |
| Nasal
| {{IPA link|m}} | | {{IPA link|n}} | | | {{IPA link|ŋ}} | | |
| Tap
| | | {{IPA link|ɾ}} | | | | | |
| Fricative
| | {{IPA link|f}} {{IPA link|v}} | {{IPA link|s}} {{IPA link|z}} | {{IPA link|ʃ}} {{IPA link|ʒ}} | | [{{IPA link|ɣ}}] | | {{IPA link|h}} |
| Affricate
| | [{{IPA link|bv}}] | | | | | | |
| Approximant
| | | | | {{IPA link|y}} | | {{IPA link|w}} | |
| Lateral
| | | {{IPA link|l}} | | | | | |
=Vowels=
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- [https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/75103 A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Adara of Kaduna and Niger States, Nigeria]
External links
- [http://globalrecordings.net/langcode/kad Listen to a sample of Adara from Global Recordings Network]
- [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Northwest/Eda-English-Hausa%20wordlist.pdf Eda wordlist] (with English and Hausa)
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Category:Central Plateau languages