Gera language

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]

Gera
Fyandigere
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	(200,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Bole (North) Gera
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gew
Glottolog	gera1246

Fyandigeri[2]
Person	laa Fyandigeri
People	Fyandigeri
Language	Fyandigere

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]