Lela language

{{Short description|Kainji language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Lela

|altname=Dakarkari

|nativename=C΄-Lélà

|region=Kebbi State, Niger State, Zamfara State

|states=Nigeria

|speakers=90,000

|date=1993

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Kainji

|fam5=Northwest Kainji

|dia1=Ribah

|iso3=dri

|glotto=clel1238

|glottorefname=C'lela

}}{{infobox ethnonym|K΄-Lélà|Lélnà|C΄-Lélà|5=Lela}}Lela or C'lela (also Cilela) is a Kainji language of Nigeria. It is known as Dakarkari in the Hausa language. Its speakers are known as the Lelna people.{{Cite web|last=Blench|first=Roger|url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/General/Kainji%20language%20overview.pdf|title=The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2012|location=Cambridge}}{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}