Gera language

Gera (also known as Gerawa or Fyandigeri) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa. Speakers refer to themselves as Fyandigeri (singular: laa Fyandigeri, plural Fyandigeri).

Gera
Fyandigere
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(200,000 cited 1995)
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3gew
Glottologgera1246
Fyandigeri
Personlaa Fyandigeri
PeopleFyandigeri
LanguageFyandigere

There are at least 30 villages. Many Gera villages no longer speak the language. A 2018 survey suggested there are only 4 villages where the language is being passed on to children.

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