Lere is an extinct Kainji dialect cluster of Nigeria. The ethnic population was cited as 16,000 in 2000, of whom only a few speak the language. A wordlist from the Takaya dialect can be found under External links.

Dialects are:^[2]

• Si (Rishuwa, Kuzamani)
• Gana
• Takaya (Taura)

• Blench, Roger (2004), "The Status of the East Kainji Languages of Central Nigeria: Recent Research", in Gerhardt, Ludwig (ed.), Mallam Dendo
• Blench, Roger (2014), "Nominal Affixing in the Kainji Languages of Northwestern and Central Nigeria", in Watters, John (ed.), Kay Williamson Educational Foundation

• Lere profile at the Endangered Languages Project
• Lere Takaya Wordlist