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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.
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This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
The Nigeria French Language Village (French: Village français du Nigéria, also known as French Village) is an inter-university centre for French studies in Nigeria. Located in Badagry , Lagos State, the centre is an autonomous federal tertiary institution regulated by the Nigerian National Universities Commission .
Bulgarian – български език Official language in: Republic of Bulgaria, and Hellenic Republic; Recognised Minority Language in: Romania, Republic of Serbia, and Ukraine; Burmese – မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား. Official language in: Republic of the Union of Myanmar; Burushaski – بُرُݸشَسکݵ
A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.