Geruma language
Appearance
Geruma | |
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Gyeermu | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | 9,000 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gea |
Glottolog | geru1240 |
ELP | Geruma |
Gyeermu (Geerum)[2] | |
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Person | na Gyeermu |
People | Gyeermu |
Language | Gyeermu |
Geruma (also known as Gerema, Germa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects include Duurum and Sum. Speakers are shifting to Hausa.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Geruma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.