Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
Jara, also known as Jera, is a Nigerian language reported to be spoken by 46,000 people in 2000.[1] It is spoken in Borno and Gombe States, in the Biu, Kwaya-Kusar, Akko, and Yamaltu-Deba LGAs. It is an Afro-Asiatic language, in the Biu–Mandara branch of Chadic family. Use of Jara is declining; it is being displaced by Fulfulde and Hausa.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Jara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
| Official languages | |
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| National languages | |
| Recognised languages | |
| Indigenous languages | |
| Sign languages | |
| Scripts | |
| Tera (A.1) | |||||||||||||
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| Bura–Higi |
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| Wandala (Mandara) (A.4) |
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| Mafa (A.5) |
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| Daba (A.7) |
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| Bata (Gbwata) (A.8) | |||||||||||||
| Mandage (Kotoko) (B.1) |
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| East– Central |
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| Others | |||||||||||||
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages | |||||||||||||