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ISO 639-3. its. Glottolog. isek1239. The Itsekiri language is a major branch of the Yoruboid [2] group of languages, which as a group, is a key member of the Volta–Niger sub-family of the Niger–Congo family of African languages. Itsekiri is spoken by nearly 1,000,000 people in Nigeria as a first language and by many others as an additional ...
East. West. Glottolog. ogon1240. The Ogoni languages, or Kegboid languages, are the five languages of the Ogoni people of Rivers State, Nigeria. They fall into two clusters, East and West, with a limited degree of mutual intelligibility between members of each cluster. The Ogoni think of the cluster members as separate languages, however.
Fishing – the activity of trying to catch fish. Fisherman or fisher – someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Fishery – the activities leading to and resulting in the harvesting of fish. It may involve capture of wild fish or raising of fish through aquaculture.
Kalabari is an Ijo language of Nigeria spoken in Rivers State and Bayelsa State by the Awome people. [3] Its three dialects are mutually intelligible. [citation needed] The Kalabari dialect (Kalabari proper) is one of the best-documented varieties of Ijo, and as such is frequently used as the prime example of Ijo in linguistic literature.
Nsibidi. Language codes. ISO 639-2. efi. ISO 639-3. efi. Glottolog. efik1245. Efik / ˈɛfɪk / EF-ik[2] (Usem Efịk) is the indigenous language of the Efik people, who are situated in the present-day Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, as well as in the north-west of Cameroon.
Argungu Fishing Festival. The Argungu Fishing Festival[1] or Argungu Dance Festival is an annual four-day festival in Kebbi State and other northern states like Niger in the north-western part of Northern Nigeria. [2][3] The region is made up of fertile river areas of (matanfada, mala with much irrigation and orchards (lambu in Hausa).
Latin. Language codes. ISO 639-3. pcm. Glottolog. nige1257. Nigerian Pidgin, also known simply as Pidgin or Broken (Broken English) or as Naijá in scholarship, is an English -based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language is sometimes referred to as Pijin or Vernacular.
Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a dialect of English spoken in Nigeria. [1] Based on British and American English, the dialect contains various loanwords and collocations from the native languages of Nigeria, due to the need to express concepts specific to the cultures of ethnic groups in the nation (e.g. senior wife).