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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.
This makes Benue–Congo one of the largest subdivisions of the Niger–Congo language family, both in number of languages, of which Ethnologue counts 976 (2017), and in speakers, numbering perhaps 350 million. Benue–Congo also includes a few minor isolates in the Nigeria–Cameroon region, but their exact relationship is uncertain.
Berom language; Bete language (Nigeria) Bete-Bendi language; Bikwin–Jen languages; Bile language; Bina language; Biseni language; Bitare language; Boga language; Boghom language; Boko language; Bokobaru language; Bokyi language; Bole language; Bole–Tangale languages; Boze language; Bu language; Bumaji language; Bunu language (Nigeria) Bura ...
The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel . They include 196 languages [ 1 ] spoken across northern Nigeria , southern Niger , southern Chad , and northern Cameroon .
Language Branch Cluster Dialects Alternate spellings Own name for language Endonym(s) Other names (location-based) Other names for language Exonym(s) Speakers Location(s) Notes Daba: Daba: Daba: A single village, less than 1,000. Mostly in Cameroun: Adamawa State, Mubi LGA. Between Mubi and Bahuli: Mafa: Mafa: Mafa (Mofa) in Nigeria.
The ANSWER is listed first, followed by the numbered clue. “A” is for across and “D” is for down. The day follows, to show the difficulty level. The puzzles get harder from Monday to Saturday.
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