Northwest Kainji languages
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.
Classification
Blench (2018)
Northwest Kainji classification by Blench :Northwest Kainji- *? Damakawa
- *
- **cLela
- **Hun-Saare
- **Ma'in, Wurə-Gwamhyə-Mba
Blench (2010)
In Blench, Lela is divergent from the other languages, though poorly attested Damakawa has similarities.Northwest Kainji- *Lela, ? Damakawa
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- **Gwamhi-Wuri
- **ut-Ma'in, Hun-Saare