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Nigerians Warned against Extinction of Native Languages
« on: November 25, 2016, 07:03:19 AM »
Nigerians Warned against Extinction of Native Languages

Mary Ekah Although language is regarded as an important item of a people’s identity, it is feared that about 50 per cent of over the 6000 languages that exist today are losing speakers due to military, religious, economic, cultural and educational subjugation, while a great number are under the threat of extinction. The Annang dialect, […]
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