Dyerma

noun

Dyer·​ma

variants or less commonly Djerma

dēˈermə,

ˈdyer-

plural Dyerma or Dyermas also Djerma or Djermas

1

a

: a people of the middle Niger valley

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Songhai language of the Dyerma people

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