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Geruma language Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geruma_language

Geruma
Gyeermu
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(9,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gea
Glottologgeru1240
ELPGeruma
Gyeermu (Geerum)[2]
Personna Gyeermu
PeopleGyeermu
LanguageGyeermu

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

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  1. ^ a b Geruma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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