Pero language

Péerò^[2]
Péerò
Person	Péerò
People	Pìpéerò
Language	Péerò

Pero
Pero
Péerò
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Gombe State
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1995)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Tangale (South) Pero; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pip
Glottolog	pero1241

Last updated January 15, 2026

Pero is a West Chadic language of Nigeria.

References

↑ Pero at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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[e18-1] Pero at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[BlenchAtlas4-2] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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Pero
Péerò
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Gombe State
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 1995)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Bole–Tangale (A.2) Tangale (South) Pero
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`pip`
Glottolog	`pero1241`