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}}{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}}}

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 {{lang|gew|Fyandigeri}} (singular: {{lang|gew|laa Fyandigeri}}, plural {{lang|gew|Fyandigeri}}).{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}

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.