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Official language in: Fiji; Filipino – Wikang Filipino Official language in: the Philippines; Filipino Sign Language – Wikang pasenyas ng mga Pilipino Official language in: the Philippines; Finnish – Suomi Official language in: Finland and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia; recognised as a minority language in Sweden
Filipino (English: / ˌ f ɪ l ɪ ˈ p iː n oʊ / ⓘ, FIH-lih-PEE-noh; [1] Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋ fi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family.It is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, lingua franca (Karaniwang wika), and one of the two official languages (Wikang opisyal/Opisyal na wika) of the country, with English. [2]
Service exports refer to the cross-border sale or supply of services by residents of one country to residents of another country. Some countries have significantly high export figures relative to their economy's size (i.e. Netherlands, Singapore and UAE) due to their high amount of re-exports.
The Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 70 million speakers. Among these are the most important languages of southern Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and southeast Ghana: Yoruba, Igbo, Bini, and Gbe.
(On this page a regional language has parentheses next to it that contain a region, province, etc. where the language has regional status.) National language A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages.
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.
Karachay–Cherkessia (state language; with Abaza, Cherkess, Nogai and Russian) [67] Karelian: Karelia (authorized language; with Finnish and Veps) [81] Kashmiri: India (with 21 other regional languages) Jammu and Kashmir; Kazakh: Republic of Altay (official language; in localities with Kazakh population) [84] part of the People's Republic of China
In 1983, Nigeria retaliated and deported up to 1 million Ghanaian and other African immigrants when Ghana was facing severe drought and economic problems. This further strained relations between the two countries. [2] In April 1988, a joint commission for cooperation was established between Ghana and Nigeria.