Zele language
Zele (Zelle, Jere, Jera) is an East Kainji language of Bassa LGA in northern Plateau State, Nigeria.[2]
| Zele | |
|---|---|
| Jere | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bassa LGA, northern Plateau State |
Native speakers | (23,000 cited 1972)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jer |
| Glottolog | nucl1376 |
| Zele | |
|---|---|
| Person | oZele |
| People | aZele |
| Language | eZele |
Jere men in 1880
References
- Zele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Blench, Roger M. 2018. Nominal affixing in the Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria. In John R. Watters (ed.), East Benue-Congo: Nouns, pronouns, and verbs, 59–106. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1314323
- Blench, Roger. 2010. Plural verbs in the languages of Central Nigeria.
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