There are over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin – an English-based creole – is spoken by over 60 million people.
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- This article is part of a series in. Culture of Nigeria. Nigeria portal. v. t. e. There are over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria.
- Hausa is the official language in the northern part of Nigeria, and the most important dialect – an eastern dialect – is said to be spoken in Kano state, and it is...
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- The foreign pressure is the obvious one, these languages, except for Hausa, lose their utility when you step outside the shores of Nigeria.
- In ancient and pre-colonial times, the area of present-day Nigeria was occupied by a variety of ethnic groups with different languages and traditions.
- Nigeria’s developed an adaptation of the English language to be able to communicate effectively and they named it Pidgin English.
- Nigeria is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, with over 500 languages spoken.
- It is quite interesting to know that among the 6500 spoken languages in the world, Nigeria takes the 3rd position in the list of countries that have the most spoken...
- Hausa, one of the most prominent indigenous languages of Nigeria, is spoken by about 30 million people as a native language in West Africa and an additional 20...
- Nigeria’s hundreds of native languages can be sorted into just three language groups: Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo.