Adara language

Person	Ànda
People	Àda
Language	Èdà

Person	Àndara
People	Àdara
Language	Èdrà

Adara
Adara
Eda
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State; Niger State
Native speakers	300,000 (2011)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? North Plateau ? Adara; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kad
Glottolog	kada1284

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]

^ Adara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b 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

[e18-1] Adara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[BlenchAtlas4-2] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

[info-3] Roger Blench (5 July 2009). "The Eda [= Kadara] language of Central Nigeria" (PDF).

[4] Joshua project entry on the Adara

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