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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.
2. They're Arrogant. There's a stereotype that Americans travel abroad expecting everyone to speak English and cater to American tastes, which can come across as disrespectful to the local culture ...
The Hindustani language employs a large number of profanities across the Hindustani-speaking diaspora. Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity, are not always directly translatable into other languages, and make little sense even when they can be translated.
There are the official rules (don't steal, lie, or cheat, etc.), and then there are the often unspoken "unofficial rules"—the latter being way harder to follow, or even identify.
Ethnic profiling was used to find out who was Igbo in order to kill them. In Lagos, for example, buses were often stopped and searched with passengers made to stand in a queue with the intention of collecting names and ethnic origins of the passengers. [33] Any Igbo or person suspected of being Igbo found in buses was executed.
Most people equate sighing with being uninterested, exasperated, or judgmental about what's being said. Even if that wasn't your intention, a heavy sigh will almost always be taken the wrong way. 7.
In developmental terms, two different paths can be taken to reach egotism – one being individual, and the other being cultural. With respect to the developing individual, a movement takes place from egocentricity to sociality during the process of growing up. [8] It is normal for an infant to have an inflated sense of egotism. [9]
Some native Nigerians converted to Hinduism mainly due to efforts of ISKCON.Although most Nigerian Hindus are based in Lagos (Ikorodu, Shomolu, Alimosho, Victoria Island), others are also found in Ibadan (where the Sri Sathya Sai Seva (Service) Organization of Sathya Sai Baba was established in 1972) [6] There are 9 Hare Krishna temples in Nigeria.