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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.
Ayo (Yoruba: Ayò Ọlọ́pọ́n) is a traditional mancala played by the Yoruba people in Nigeria. It is very close to the Oware game that spread to the Americas with the atlantic slave trade. Among modern mancalas, which are most often derived from Warri, the Kalah is a notable one that has essentially the same rules as Ayo.
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 Mumuye people are also found in many parts of the neighboring Adamawa State. [citation needed] The Mumuye people are isolated into smaller groups. These groups are independent of one another; however, they speak a variation of the same language and share cultural traditions. [2]: 89 The Mumuye people are a part of the Benue River Valley ...
Category: Culture of Nigeria. 54 languages. Anarâškielâ ... Nigerian popular culture (1 C) Public holidays in Nigeria (6 P) R.
20 Fun New Year's Traditions from Around the World Anna Blazhuk - Getty Images Everyone has their own special New Year's traditions that they practice year after year.
The Chamba people, also known as Samba, Tchamba, Tsamba, Daka and Chamba-Ndagan, are an ethnic group found in the Adamawa State of North-East Nigeria and neighboring parts of north Cameroon. [4] They speak two distantly related languages: Chamba Leko , of the Leko–Nimbari languages , and Chamba Daka , of the Dakoid languages , both of which ...
Igbo unu, a plural second-person pronoun equivalent to the English term "you people", has been adopted as una. For example, Una dey mad in Nigerian Pidgin means "You people are crazy." [9] Unu has also found its way to Jamaican patois and Sranantongo (Surinamese Creole) with the same meaning as in Nigerian Pidgin. Igbo biko, meaning "please."