Alternate Names: Afizare, Afizarek, Afusare, Feserek, Fezere, Fizere, Hill Jarawa, Izarek, Jarawa, Jarawan Dutse, Jari, Jos-Zarazon
Dialects: Northeast Izere, Northwest Izere, South Izere. Fobor dialect is prestigious. Northwest Izere subdialects: Fobor (Fobur), Shere; Northeast: Fedare (Zandi, Zendi), Jarawan Kogi (Maigemu), and Fursom (Fursum); South: Forom (Ichen). Firan , is a separate language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 50,000 (1993 SIL).
Language Use: Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Cen [cen], Tunzuii [dza], Zeem [zua].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Radio programs. NT: 2006.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Glossonyms: Izarek, Izere, or Izer; Bajari (sg.), Jarawa (pl.). Ethnonyms: Afizarek, Afizere, Afudelek, Fizere, Feserek, Fezere, Hill Jarawa, Jarawan Dutse; Jos-Zarazon for indigenous speakers in Jos.