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Geruma
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]
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

  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.