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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.
An Ibibio speaker, recorded in the United Kingdom. Ibibio is the native language of the Ibibio people of Nigeria , belonging to the Ibibio-Efik dialect cluster of the Cross River languages . The name Ibibio is sometimes used for the entire dialect cluster.
The Esan language is also recognized in the Census of the United Kingdom. [14] [15] It is estimated that the Esan people who reside in Esanland number about one million to 1.5 million citizens Nigeria, [16] and there is a strong Esan diaspora. [17]
In London, 10,119 people (0.13% of all residents aged three and over) spoke Yoruba as a main language, 5,252 (0.07%) people spoke Igbo and 3,577 (0.05%) spoke other Nigerian languages. [34] However, in the most recent population census of 2021, Igbo speaking population in England and Wales has increased significantly to 11,074 [1] making Igbo ...
List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. Add languages. ... Download as PDF; ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free ...
An official language that is also an indigenous language is called endoglossic, one that is not indigenous is exoglossic. [7] An instance is Nigeria, which has three endoglossic official languages. By this, the country aims to protect the indigenous languages although at the same time recognising the English language as its lingua franca.
Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a variety of English spoken in Nigeria. [1] Based on British and American English, the dialect contains various loanwords and collocations from the native languages of Nigeria, due to the need to express concepts specific to the cultures of ethnic groups in the nation (e.g. senior wife).
Kay Williamson (January 26, 1935, Hereford, United Kingdom – January 3, 2005, Brazil), born Ruth Margaret Williamson, was a linguist who specialised in the study of African languages, particularly those of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, where she lived for nearly fifty years.