Jara language

Jara language

Infobox Language
name=Jara
states=Nigeria
region=Borno and Gombei States, Biu, Kwaya-Kusar, Akko and Yamaltu-Deba LGAs.
speakers=46,251cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=jaf |title=Jara language |accessdate=2007-10-16]
iso3=jaf
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=Biu-Mandara
fam4=A
fam5=A.1
fam6=Western
notice=nonotice

Jara, also known as Jera, is a Nigerian language spoken by 46,251 people as of the year 2000. It is spoken in Borno and Gombei States, and in the Bui, Kwaya-Kusar, Akko, and Yamaltu-Deba LGAs. It is an Afro-Asiatic language, in the Biu-Mandara language family. Jara's usage is declining; it is slowly being displaced by the more common Fulfulde and Hausa languages.

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