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The culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria's multiple ethnic groups. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The country has 527 languages, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] seven of which are extinct. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Nigeria also has over 1,150 dialects and ethnic groups.
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.
In 1931, the academic publishing company Kegan Paul, Trubner & Co. published A Sudanese Kingdom: An Ethnographic Study of the Jukun-speaking Peoples of Nigeria, a book which had been written by the Briton C. K. Meek, the Anthropological Officer stationed with the Administrative Service in Nigeria. [17]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Nigerian people by descent (7 C) A. Atyap people ... Marghi people (1 C, 3 P) N. Nigerian Shuwa Arabs ...
The Gbari or Gbagyi (plural - Agbari/Agbagyi) [1] are an ethnic group found predominantly in Central Nigeria with an estimated population of 12 million spread in four states, including Abuja, and located in thirty local government areas. [2] It is also the name of their language. Members of this ethnic group speak two dialects.
Nupe is the largest ethnic group in the Middle Belt, they are at the heart of Nigerian art and culture. The proximity of Nupe to the Yoruba Igbomina people in the south and to the Yoruba Oyo people in the southwest led to cross-fertilization of cultural influences through trade and conflicts over the centuries. [6]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikiquote; ... Cultural depictions of Nigerian people (1 C, 6 P) D. Nigerian diaspora (8 C, 8 P)
The Ngas people (also known as the Agas and Angas) are an ethnic group in Plateau State, Nigeria. They speak an Afro-Asiatic language called Ngas . [ 1 ] Recent studies have indicated there are roughly 727,000 Ngas people in Nigeria today.