As English language gains more prominence in both official and private circles in the country, ominous signs stab Yoruba, Igbo and many other indigenous languages in the face as less and less people ...

Vincent Nwosu is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His research interests include prosody, phonetics, verbal arts, and documentation of endangered African ...

Maduabuchi Sennen Agbo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

With a population of around 40 million throughout Nigeria, the Igbo people are one of the biggest and most influential tribes among countries around the world. Igbos are well-known for their ...

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 ...

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, ...

Check out the Nigerian languages that are widely spoken around the world. Yoruba is one of the most widely spoken Nigerian languages, heard in Togo, North America, UK and Europe. A Adaobi Onyeakagbu ...

Nigerian woman, Amarachi Attamah has revealed that she has been appointed to teach Igbo language at Harvard and Yale, two prestigious US universities. Amarachi posted on Facebook to convey her ...

Igbo culture and languages, as well as other cultures from Africa, were key in forming the Jamaican Patois language and culture during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The Jamaican Patois is a ...