Gera | |
Nativename: | Fyandigere |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Bauchi State |
Speakers: | 200,000 |
Date: | 1995 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Chadic |
Fam3: | West Chadic |
Fam4: | Bole–Angas |
Fam5: | Bole–Tangale (A.2) |
Fam6: | Bole (North) |
Iso3: | gew |
Glotto: | gera1246 |
Glottorefname: | Gera |
Person: | laa Fyandigeri |
People: | Fyandigeri |
Language: | Fyandigere |
Root: | Fyandigeri[1] |
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).[2]
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.[1]