| Gera | |
|---|---|
| Fyandigere | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (200,000 cited 1995)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gew |
| Glottolog | gera1246 |
| Fyandigeri2 | |
|---|---|
| Person | laa Fyandigeri |
| People | Fyandigeri |
| Language | Fyandigere |
Gera (also known as Gerawa or Fyandigeri) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.1 Speakers refer to themselves as Fyandigeri (singular: laa Fyandigeri, plural Fyandigeri).2
There are at least 30 villages where the language is spoken. 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.2
Notes
Notes
- Gera at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.