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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.
Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a variety 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).
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 .
Igala is a Yoruboid language, spoken by the Igala ethnic group of Nigeria.In 1989 an estimated 800,000 spoke Igala, primarily in Kogi State, though current estimates place the number of Igala speakers at upwards of 1.6 million.
Japa (/ j ɑː k p ə /) is a Yoruba language word used as a Nigerian slang term that has gained widespread usage among Nigerian youths. [1] [2] The term is used to describe the act of escaping, fleeing, or disappearing quickly from a situation, often in a hasty and urgent manner.
Nigeria Research Network (NRN), Oxford Department of International Development, Oxford University. Nasarawa State. N.d. "Languages of Nasarawa State." Professor of history, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. 30 May 2016. Correspondence with the Research Directorate. A dictionary of Eggon, edited by Roger Blench (in preparation)
Esan is a tonal Edoid language of Nigeria. Dictionaries and grammar texts of the Esan language are being produced. Dictionaries and grammar texts of the Esan language are being produced. There are many dialects, including Ogwa , Ẹkpoma (Ekuma), Ebhossa (okhuesan)
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.