Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
Jara |
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Native to | Nigeria |
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Region | Borno and Gombei States, Biu, Kwaya-Kusar, Akko and Yamaltu-Deba LGAs. |
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Native speakers | (46,000 cited 2000)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | jaf |
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Glottolog | jara1274 |
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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]
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Official languages | |
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National languages | |
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Recognised languages | |
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Indigenous languages | |
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Sign languages | |
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Immigrant languages | |
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Scripts | |
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Tera (A.1) | |
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Bura–Higi | Bura–Marghi (A.2) | |
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Higi (A.3) | |
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Others | |
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Wandala (Mandara) (A.4) | |
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Mafa (A.5) | Northeast | |
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South (A) | |
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South (B) | |
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South (C) | |
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South (D) | |
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Others | |
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Daba (A.7) | |
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Bata (Gbwata) (A.8) | |
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Mandage (Kotoko) (B.1) | |
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East– Central | Munjuk (B.2) | |
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Mida'a (< B.1) | |
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Others | |
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Others | |
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