Gera language

{{Short description|Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria}} {{Infobox language |name=Gera |nativename={{lang|gew|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 }} {{Infobox ethnonym|person={{lang|gew|laa Fyandigeri}}|people={{lang|gew|Fyandigeri}}|language={{lang|gew|Fyandigere}}|root={{lang|gew|Fyandigeri}}<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref>}}

'''Gera''' (also known as '''Gerawa''' or '''Fyandigeri''') is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.<ref name=e25/> Speakers refer to themselves as {{lang|gew|Fyandigeri}} (singular: {{lang|gew|laa Fyandigeri}}, plural {{lang|gew|Fyandigeri}}).<ref name="BlenchAtlas4">{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}</ref>

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.<ref name="BlenchAtlas4"/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gera language}} Category:West Chadic languages Category:Languages of Nigeria