Northwest Kainji languages

Northwest Kainji
Lela, Duka
Geographic
distribution
Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologduka1247

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.[1]

  1. ^ Roger Blench, 2010, The Northwest Kainji languages