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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.
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.
Adara (also Eda [3] and Kadara), is a language spoken by Adara people of Kaduna state and Niger state of Nigeria. The name Adara is also used to refer to the ethnic group. Some estimates place the population of the Adara people at around 500,000. About 80% of the Adara are Christians while some also adhere to Islam. [4]
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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 .
James W. Welch asserted erroneously that Isoko language cluster is a dialect of Urhobo language. [6] The Isoko culture is related to several cultures in the Niger-Delta - namely, Urhobo, Ijaw and Anioma. Urhobo are related in language and culture, leading to the invaders erroneously labelling the Urhobo and Isoko cultural groups as Sobo. [5]
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The origin of "Ehen!" can be traced to the Nigerian Pidgin language, which developed as a result of linguistic interactions between various ethnic groups, local languages, and English. [4] The term itself is an onomatopoeic representation of a vocalized pause, often used to draw attention or signify understanding. [5]