Jara language

Chadic language spoken in Nigeria

Jara

Native to| Nigeria
Region| Borno and Gombei States, Biu, Kwaya-Kusar, Akko and Yamaltu-Deba LGAs.

Native speakers

| (46,000 cited 2000)[1]

Language family

Afro-Asiatic

* Chadic
* Biu–Mandara
* Tera (A.1)
* Jara

Language codes
ISO 639-3| `jaf`
Glottolog| `jara1274`

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

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1. ^ a b c Jara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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Languages of Nigeria

Official languages|

* English

National languages|

* Hausa
* Igbo
* Yoruba

Recognised languages|

* Berom
* Ebira
* Edo
* Efik-Ibibio
* Fulfulde
* Gbagyi
* Idoma
* Igala
* Ijaw
* Isoko
* Izere
* Jju
* Jukun
* Kanuri
* Nupe
* Karai-karai
* Tiv
* Tyap
* Ukwuani
* Urhobo

Indigenous languages|

Indigenous languages (grouped by Nigerian state)

| Adamawa|

* Baa
* Bacama
* Bali
* Bata
* Boga
* Bura
* Chamba Leko
* Daba
* Daka
* Dong
* Fali of Mubi
* Ga'anda
* Gaa
* Gude
* Gudu
* Holma
* Huba
* Hwana
* Hya
* Kamwe
* Kanakuru
* Kirya-Konzəl
* Kofa
* Koma
* Kpasam
* Kugama
* Kumba
* Lamang
* Longuda
* Margi
* Margi South
* Mumuye
* Ngwaba
* Nyong
* Nzanyi
* Psikyɛ
* Sukur
* Taram
* Teme
* Tso
* Vere
* Waja
* Wom
* Yendang
* Zizilivakan

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Akwa Ibom|

* Anaang
* Ekit
* Ibibio
* Obolo
* Oron

Bauchi|

* Ɓeele
* Bole
* Bure
* Ciwogai
* Dass
* Dazawa
* Deno
* Dikaka
* Dulbu
* Galambu
* Gera
* Geruma
* Giiwo
* Guruntum
* Jalaa
* Jarawa
* Jimi
* Karekare
* Kariya
* Kir-Balar
* Kubi
* Kushi
* Kusur–Myet
* Kutto
* Kwaami
* Labir
* Longuda
* Mangas
* Mburku
* Miya
* Pa'a
* Piya
* Polci
* Shiki
* Siri
* Tso
* Warji
* Zangwal
* Zumbun

Bayelsa|

* Izon
* Epie
* Urhobo-Isoko
* Southeast Ijo

Benue|

* Eggon
* Igede

Borno|

* Afade
* Bura
* Cibak
* Cineni
* Dghwede
* Glavda
* Gude
* Guduf-Gava
* Gvoko
* Jara
* Jilbe
* Kamwe
* Kanakuru
* Lamang
* Maaka
* Mafa
* Margi
* Margi South
* Nggwahyi
* Putai
* Tera
* Wandala
* Yedina

Cross River|

* Abanyom
* Efik
* Mbe
* Mbembe

Delta|

* Urhobo-Isoko
* Ika
* Izon
* Isoko
* Ukwuani
* Uhrobo

Edo|

* Afenmai
* Ishan
* Bini

Gombe|

* Awak
* Bangwinji
* Bole
* Dadiya
* Jara
* Kamo
* Ngamo
* Pero
* Tangale
* Tera
* Tula
* Waja

Jigawa|

* Bade
* Teshenawa

Kaduna|

* Adara
* Ahwai
* Anib
* Atsam
* Ayu
* Berom
* Bu-Ninkada
* Bina
* Bishi
* Cori
* Doka
* Dungu
* Duya
* Ekhwa
* Gbagyi-Gbari
* Gwandara
* Gyong
* Hasha
* Hausa
* Hyam
* Ikulu
* Jju
* Kaivi
* Kinuku
* Koonu
* Kuzamani
* Mada
* Mala
* Nghan
* Nikyob-Nindem
* Ninzo
* Numana
* Nungu
* Nyankpa
* Ruma
* Sambe
* Sha
* Shamang
* T'kurmi
* Timap
* TiSeni
* Tivori
* Toro
* Tugbiri-Niragu
* Tumi
* Tyap (Fantswam, Gworog, Sholyio, Takad, Tyap Mabatado, Tyecharak, Tyuku)
* Vono
* Wachi
* Zhire

Kano|

* Ɗuwai
* Hausa
* Tikurmi

Kebbi|

* Cipu
* Damakawa
* Hun-Saare

Kogi|

* Basa-Benue
* Bassa Nge
* Igala
* Nupe
* Oworo

Kwara|

* Kakanda
* Kupa
* Nupe

Nasarawa|

* Ake
* Alumu
* Basa-Benue
* Duhwa
* Eggon
* Hasha
* Jili
* Toro

Niger|

* Asu
* Bariba
* Cipu
* Gbagyi
* Gwandara
* Jijili
* Kakanda
* Nupe
* Pongu

Ondo|

* Itsekiri
* Izon
* Ukaan

Plateau|

* Barkul
* Berom
* Bogghom
* Bole
* Cakfem-Mushere
* Dass
* Fyam
* Fyer
* Goemai
* Horom
* Izere
* Jorto
* Koenoem
* Kofyar
* Kulere
* Miship
* Montol
* Mundat
* Mwaghavul
* Ngas
* Pe
* Pyapun
* Rigwe
* Ron
* Sha
* Sur
* Tal
* Tambas
* Tarok
* Tyap (Takad)
* Yankam
* Yiwom

Rivers|

* Abua
* Baan
* Biseni
* Defaka
* Degema
* Ekpeye
* Eleme
* Engenni
* Gokana
* Ijaw
* Ikwerre
* Kalabari
* Khana
* Kugbo
* Nkoroo
* O’chi’chi
* Obolo
* Obulom
* Odual
* Ogba
* Ogbogolo
* Ogbronuagum
* Ogoni
* Okodia
* Oruma
* Tee
* Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni

Taraba|

* Baissa Fali
* Bete
* Buru
* Dadiya
* Donga
* Kholok
* Kpati
* Laka
* Lufu
* Mumuye
* Nyam
* Nyingwom
* Pangseng
* Rang
* Tarok
* Waja
* Waka
* Yendang
* Yoti

Yobe|

* Bade
* Bole
* Ɗuwai
* Karekare
* Ngamo
* Ngizim

Sign languages|

* Nigerian Sign Language
* Bura Sign Language
* Hausa Sign Language

Immigrant languages|

* English
* French
* Spanish
* Portuguese
* Italian
* German
* Danish
* Dutch
* Russian
* Arabic
* Hebrew
* Punjabi
* Hindi
* Romani
* Japanese
* Chinese

Scripts|

* Pan-Nigerian alphabet
* Nigerian braille
* Medefaidrin

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Biu–Mandara languages

Tera (A.1)|

* Boga
* Ga'anda
* Gabin
* Hwana
* Jara
* Ngwaba
* Tera
* Pidlimdi

Bura–Higi|

| Bura–Marghi (A.2)|

* Bura-Pabir
* Cibak
* Huba
* Marghi Central
* Margi South
* Nggwahyi
* Putai

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Higi (A.3)|

* Bana
* Hya
* Kamwe
* Kirya-Konzəl

Others|

* Kofa

Wandala
(Mandara) (A.4)|

| East|

* Glavda
* Wandala

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West|

* Dghwede
* Guduf-Gava
* Cineni
* Gvoko
* Hdi
* Lamang
* Woga
* Vemgo-Mabas

Others|

* Parəkwa
* Sukur (A.6)

Mafa (A.5)|

| Northeast|

* Mbuko
* Vame

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South (A)|

* Maɗa
* Məlokwo
* Muyang
* Wuzlam

South (B)|

* Ɗugwor
* Mikere
* Merey
* Zulgo-Gemzek
* Gaduwa (northeast)
* Gemzek
* Zəlgwa-Minew

South (C)|

* Baldemu
* Mofu-Gudur
* North Giziga
* North Mofu
* South Giziga

South (D)|

* Cuvok
* Mafa
* Mefele
* Shügule

Others|

* Matal

Daba (A.7)|

| North|

* Buwal
* Gawar

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South|

* Daba
* Mazagway
* Hina
* Mbudum

Bata
(Gbwata) (A.8)|

* Bacama
* Bata
* Fali of Mubi
* Gude
* Gudu
* Holma
* Jimi
* Nzanyi
* Sharwa
* Tsuvan
* Zizilivakan

Mandage
(Kotoko) (B.1)|

| North|

* Lagwan
* Mser

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South|

* Afade
* Malgbe
* Maslam
* Mpade

Others|

* Jilbe

East–
Central|

| Munjuk (B.2)|

* Mbara
* Musgu
* Beege
* Mpus
* Vulum
* Muskum

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Mida'a (< B.1)|

* Jina
* Majera

Others|

* Gidar

Others|

* Yedina

Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages

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