Gera
Gera is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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).
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.
From Wikipedia · Gera language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Gera
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | barmi* | |
| name | s3ma* | |
| eye | idi* | |
| ear | kumi* | |
| nose | wunTini* | |
| tooth | waSa* | |
| tongue | delimsa* | |
| hand | sara* | |
| blood | ndoma* | |
| bone | wans3ni* | |
| skin | diSi* | |
| knee | burmi* | |
| breast | wiyi* | |
| liver | tuSi* | |
| water | hama* | |
| fire | wusi* | |
| sun | piSi* | |
| star | sasangira* | |
| stone | giwi* | |
| mountain | ruda* | |
| tree | waya* | |
| leaf | Ngwaimi* | |
| night | birbi* | |
| dog | yada* | |
| fish | kerufa* | |
| louse | toda* | |
| one | moyi* | |
| two | mbulu* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | ka* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · gera1246 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gew