Jere language

Jere
Native to Nigeria
Region Kano and Kaduna states
Native speakers
(23,000 cited 1972)[1]
Dialects
  • Zelle (Jere)
  • Boze
  • Gusu
  • Bunu
  • Panawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
jer  Jere (incl. Panawa)
pwb  Panawa
Glottolog boze1240[2]
Zelle
Person Ozelle
People Azelle
Language Ezelle
Boze
Person Unabeze
People Anabeze
Language Eboze

Jere (Jera) is a dialect cluster of Kainji languages in Nigeria. It is named after the Zelle (Jere) dialect.

References

  1. Jere (incl. Panawa) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Panawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Boze–Loro". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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