The Adara, called Kadara by others, are a people of southern Kaduna State and eastern Niger State, speaking the Kadara cluster of Plateau languages, mainly in Kachia and Kajuru LGAs of Kaduna State and in Paikoro LGA of Niger State (Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages, 2020).
The Adara, called Kadara by others, are a people of southern Kaduna State and eastern Niger State, speaking the Kadara cluster of Plateau languages, mainly in Kachia and Kajuru LGAs of Kaduna State and in Paikoro LGA of Niger State (Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages, 2020). The federal government's state profile names the Kadara, and Wikipedia the Adara, among the peoples of Niger State.
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Kadara
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- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
- Niger State (state profile) — Federal Government of Nigeria · link
- Niger State — Wikipedia · link
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