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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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Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the entire country because other languages have been around for over a thousand years making them the major languages in terms of numbers of native speakers.
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a ...
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Nigeria: 525 7 532 7.37 163,317,444 348,225 14,000
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Map of Nigeria for use on Wikivoyage, SVG base file: Date: 29 January 2010: Source: Own work based on the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Nigeria Maps and United Nations Cartographic Section Nigeria Map: Author: Burmesedays: Other versions: PNG files in different languages: English