Northwest Kainji languages
The six Northwest Kainji languages, formerly known as Lela, 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
Northwest Kainji classification by Blench :
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The position of Damakawa is uncertain.Blench (2010)
In Blench, Lela is divergent from the other languages, though poorly attested Damakawa has similarities.
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