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Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Maryam1234(f): 4:02pm On Jul 08, 2023
Gubioma:
Dan Borno....(Kanuri Boy)
I speak
Kanuri
Hausa
Shuwa Arab
& little Babur bura

Shikenan nagode
I want to learn Shuwa
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Luu40(m): 4:02pm On Jul 08, 2023
Maryam1234:
Ama Yana Tambaya Uba(Father)

Ko zamuche Baba grin
Aa. Ya tambayi mata ne.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Princeton92(m): 4:03pm On Jul 08, 2023
Gamesmart:
2 major languages, 1 minor language plus an international language?
Momsie and popsie did a good job.
Well its thanks to the combination of where I schooled and served plus my dad Ibo and mum Ibibio
😁🤩
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Maryam1234(f): 4:03pm On Jul 08, 2023
Luu40:
Aa. Ya tambayi mata ne.
Koma kaduba abn sosai Oga
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by SocialJustice: 4:05pm On Jul 08, 2023
Evestar200:
Olomu Kingdom
Oh ok. I'm from Agbarha-Otor.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Christian07(m): 4:06pm On Jul 08, 2023
Gamesmart:
Superstar!
Superstar cool 🦁
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by zelnababa(m): 4:06pm On Jul 08, 2023
Yoruba, ebira, ukwani
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Luu40(m): 4:07pm On Jul 08, 2023
Maryam1234:
Koma kaduba abn sosai Oga
Ba damuwa. Nagode ƙwarai.
Ga alama ke Bahausa ce.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Gamesmart:
CartelKenneth:
English, French and Chinese
Next 100 years will be the only languages
Mark my words
(if you’re still alive)
Luu40:
Nigerian languages will still remain, God-willing. I see no reason why they'll go extinct. No reason.
Don't mind him.

He is extremely ignorant.

He is so ignorant and poorly educated that he does not know you cannot live in most European countries without speaking their languages. For example, in Amsterdam, all official communications and road signs are in Dutch. Children are taught in Dutch and they will only speak Dutch to you until you tell them that you are not resident.

Then you see some useless and ignorant child come online to say that only 3 languages will exist in a 100 years later. We are really producing poor quality "yoots" in Nigeria like say we dey crase. He would even say he has done "hard analysis" and "reasoned his predictions".

Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Hindi, Turkish will disappear despite them being national languages?
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by 1Dray(m): 4:09pm On Jul 08, 2023
SmartyPants:
What is Nigerian patois?
You've got to be there to know it.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by zrocky: 4:10pm On Jul 08, 2023
English , igbo, Efik
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Evestar200(f): 4:14pm On Jul 08, 2023
SocialJustice:
Oh ok. I'm from Agbarha-Otor.
Okay
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Maryam1234(f): 4:14pm On Jul 08, 2023
Luu40:
Ba damuwa. Nagode ƙwarai.
Ga alama ke Bahausa ce.
Mutanen Kogi CE ama na Zauna a Arewa Daga Mafara Zuwa U/Sarki
Yanzu Kuma Gani a Niger,kulu Ina tare da Hausawa.Duk wande muke Sana'a tare dasu Bahauce ce grin

Ka gaida Kowa
Allah Ya Yi Maka Alkhairi grin
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Coolgent(m): 4:24pm On Jul 08, 2023
Alexandersantos:
How i wish i can speak hausa.,that language dey sweet me no be small
I can be your Hausa lesson teacher but based 100 dollars per week
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Luu40(m): 4:26pm On Jul 08, 2023
Maryam1234:
Mutanen Kogi CE ama na Zauna a Arewa Daga Mafara Zuwa U/Sarki
Yanzu Kuma Gani a Niger,kulu Ina tare da Hausawa.Duk wande muke Sana'a tare dasu Bahauce ce grin

Ka gaida Kowa
Allah Ya Yi Maka Alkhairi grin
Allah Sarki. Ku mutanen jihar Kogi kuna a tsakiyar Najeriya. Kuna samun damar alaƙa da mutane daban-daban. Kuma ga huldar kasuwanci da mutane da kuke yi.

Nagode, ke ma Allah ya yi mi ki alheri.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Luu40(m): 4:29pm On Jul 08, 2023
Gamesmart:
Don't mind him.

He is extremely ignorant.

He is so ignorant and poorly educated that he does not know you cannot live in most European countries without speaking their languages. For example, in Amsterdam, all official communications and road signs are in Dutch. Children are taught in Dutch and they will only speak Dutch to you until you tell them that you are not resident.

Then you see some useless and ignorant child come online to say that only 3 languages will exist in 10 years. We are really producing poor quality "yoots" in Nigeria like we dey crase. He would even say he has done "hard analysis".

Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Hindi, Turkish will disappear despite them being national languages?
Very true. May be his understanding of such things is very limited. Many people have been surviving in very remote places here in Nigeria, with just a pinch of modernity, yet they still maintain their identity intact.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Gamesmart: 4:29pm On Jul 08, 2023
Princeton92:
Well its thanks to the combination of where I schooled and served plus my dad Ibo and mum Ibibio
😁🤩
Very good job by your parents.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Maryam1234(f): 4:43pm On Jul 08, 2023
Luu40:
Allah Sarki. Ku mutanen jihar Kogi kuna a tsakiyar Najeriya. Kuna samun damar alaƙa da mutane daban-daban. Kuma ga huldar kasuwanci da mutane da kuke yi.

Nagode, ke ma Allah ya yi mi ki alheri.
Kun Saba da mu kenan
Amin summa.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by marlow1962(m): 4:56pm On Jul 08, 2023
descarado:
Aniocha people should be fluent in igbo. Or do you have another language?
We are fluent in it, we understand them they understand us. But we can never speak igbo more than a real Igbo man.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by OpulentP: 5:02pm On Jul 08, 2023
Yoruba and Hausa, I dey try hear and speak igbo too
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by YungMillionaire: 5:09pm On Jul 08, 2023
illicit:
I speak only Yoruba and Nigerian English

undecided
No such thing as 'Nigerian English'
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by descarado: 5:10pm On Jul 08, 2023
marlow1962:
We are fluent in it, we understand them they understand us. But we can never speak igbo more than a real Igbo man.
Who is a real igbo man then?
So an fikpo man is mire igbo than you?
Have you heard an afikpo man speak igbo?
I can understand ikwerre man more than him.

Politicians keep on pushing you guys to the max.
Until you get a voice, you are just a toy in their hands.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by WantsandMore: 5:13pm On Jul 08, 2023
Hausa, English, Dangbala.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by MightySparrow:
isan:
I can only speak Yoruba
Wetin, you go go Ariaria market or Kano go sell okorika.


Yoruba dun gbọ jàre.
Omoluabi
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Fab21: 5:25pm On Jul 08, 2023
MITCHELL96:
I'm Igbo and I speak Akwa Ibom (Ibibio) very well, and small Yoruba, I would have learnt Hausa, but I don't have interest in it for now. (Might learn it later shaa)

I speak fluent Portuguese, German and Japan, like I speak it likes it's my Igbo language sef, lol

Had very good friends from the listed countries above that really helped me

Thanks to:
Hinata 🇯🇵
Walden 🇩🇪
Belmira 🇵🇹

They were the friends that helped me, funny enough we met on Facebook in one group like that and we've been rolling since then till this very moment

Healthy friendship is a very good investment, they'll hardly tell you this.
Wow!
You mean you can speak those foreign languages fluently?

Those friends taught you ?

I wanna be a polyglot someday.
I've passion for languages.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by BossGerald: 5:26pm On Jul 08, 2023
marlow1962:
2
Pigin and igbo (I'm not main igbo)

I love to learn Yoruba and Hausa too.
Kedu ife "I'm not main igbo" putara??
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Princeton92(m): 5:29pm On Jul 08, 2023
Gamesmart:
Very good job by your parents.
Thanks cool
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by MrBroke(m): 5:33pm On Jul 08, 2023
Gamesmart:
Being proud of who you are, keeping your identity with dignity and not being a dumb wannabe (who thinks by not speaking your mother tongue or any Nigerian language makes you "civilised" or "cool" ) makes you a more valuable black person in general.

There are many dumb black people that are the opposite and make others think we are dumb idiots who just want to be like them.

I hope you mindset is not the latter!

If you parents raised you well, you will speak and hear your mother-tongue (or the local language of where you grew up) plus English FLUENTLY.

If only English is what you speak, they have failed at parenting! You are then a kolo-mentality raised child.
If you see me in person dem no born you well to even talk to me. No be say i get money or i be military but my appearance alone. You go keep shut.

Since you were raised what book have you written and what award or what impact have you had on society. Make i no involve money because even mumu and useless pple dey make money nowadays.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by Gamesmart:
MrBroke:
If you see me in person dem no born you well to even talk to me. No be say i get money or i be military but my appearance alone. You go keep shut.

Since you were raised what book have you written and what award or what impact have you had on society. Make i no involve money because even mumu and useless pple dey make money nowadays.
If I saw you in person, mostly likely I would just see you as a lost, insecure black man.

Shut up and stop wagging your diiiick!

Take the point: Your parents failed in saving a major part of your identity and this will likely perpetually affect your descendants. Instead of foolishly wagging your diiick, stop being a typical black man and start engaging your brain thinking of the solutions to reverse the failure. Black people should be able to use their brains too; not just their brawn and ability to dance.

I don't givafuck who you are, how you look and how much money you have. You are a nonentity with limited identity to me!

Go build your identity to completion for the benefit of your children and descendants.
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by sirwilson(m): 6:09pm On Jul 08, 2023
Igala, Igbo and Yoruba
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by CartelKenneth: 6:16pm On Jul 08, 2023
Gamesmart:
Don't mind him.

He is extremely ignorant.

He is so ignorant and poorly educated that he does not know you cannot live in most European countries without speaking their languages. For example, in Amsterdam, all official communications and road signs are in Dutch. Children are taught in Dutch and they will only speak Dutch to you until you tell them that you are not resident.

Then you see some useless and ignorant child come online to say that only 3 languages will exist in a 100 years later. We are really producing poor quality "yoots" in Nigeria like say we dey crase. He would even say he has done "hard analysis" and "reasoned his predictions".

Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Hindi, Turkish will disappear despite them being national languages?
English French and Chinese are the world's I l'y important and official languages sha
All others are counterfeit
Re: How Many Nigerian Languages Can You Speak? by MrBroke(m): 6:18pm On Jul 08, 2023
Gamesmart:
If I saw you in person, mostly likely I would just see you as a lost, insecure black man.

Shut up and stop wagging your diiiick!

Take the point: Your parents failed in saving a major part of your identity and this will likely perpetually affect your descendants. Instead of foolishly wagging your diiick, stop being a typical black man and start engaging your brain thinking of the solutions to reverse the failure. Black people should be able to use their brains too; not just their brawn and ability to dance.

I don't givafuck who you are, how you look and how much money you have. You are a nonentity with limited identity to me!

Go build your identity to completion for the benefit of your children and descendants.
grin grin Baby Brain. Life though

Look how you wailing, blabbing like you getting paid for it. Your problem though. Am out
Bye bum
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