Geruma language

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Geruma
Spoken in: Nigeria 
Region: Bauchi State
Total speakers: 9,029 (2000)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
 Chadic
  West Chadic
   A
    A.2
     Bole
      Bole Proper
       Geruma
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: gea

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]

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  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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