With five Nigerian languages among the top 100 languages spoken worldwide, Nigeria is conspicuous on the world language map. However, a lot needs to be done to preserve the languages. KOFOWOROLA ...

Lagos — A language is described as a particular kind of system for encoding and decoding information. The rate at which languages are disappearing globally has become a great issue because there are ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has added more than 20 new words from three African countries, reflecting the growing global ...

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Nigeria is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, with over 500 languages spoken across its regions. Despite Nigeria’s multilingual nature, English is the official language. It ...

There are over 500 indigenous languages currently spoken in Nigeria. However, the official language is English. The other major languages spoken in Nigeria are: Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Ibibio, Edo, ...

President of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, on Tuesday in Abuja, said about 400 Nigerian indigenous languages were endangered. Ohiri-Aniche made the disclosure ...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has disqualified from competition in the International Feature Film category the Nigerian film “Lionheart” because most of the dialogue is in English.