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I've come to notice that the Languages in Nigeria are listed as 515 but the Ethnic groups are only slightly more than 250. Does it mean that some ethnic groups have more than one language? If so what are the bases for classifying them as a separate Language. What are your thoughts??


Mynd44 please let more people see this.

some ethnic groups replaced their language with another(unintentionally).its only in the north sha,where d lingual there is Hausa

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∆ The so called ethnic groups are not actually homogenous in culture, tradition, and language. Most of these ethnic groupings were based on the majority of people constituting a region and not the languages per se. Taking ondo for instance the arogbo and Apoi people are not Yorubas but the whole ondo is usually seen as purely Yorubas.

N.B these are people that don't understand each other at all
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In Ogoja alone, one ethnic group. It has more than 6 languages. Each of them dont understand one other

Obinkuru:
some ethnic groups replaced their language with another(unintentionally).its only in the north sha,where d lingual there is Hausa

So you mean to tell me this happened to a whole 250 other Ethnic groups?

Ogonimilitant:
In Ogoja alone, one ethnic group. It has more than 6 languages. Each of them dont understand one other

Which ethnic group is that and I hope those Languages are not dialects?

Ogonimilitant:
In Ogoja alone, one ethnic group. It has more than 6 languages. Each of them dont understand one other

Talk about fuji house of commotion!

Will you agree with me that Yoruba is the biggest tribe in Nigeria
Let's divided the country base on language even north na joke
All Yoruba speak one language
God bless my family
God bless Oduwa


Before u quote me hw did you want the thunder fried or boiled

OrestesDante:



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∆ The so called ethnic groups are not actually homogenous in culture, tradition, and language. Most of these ethnic groupings were based on the majority of people constituting a region and not the languages per se. Taking ondo for instance the arogbo and Apoi people are not Yorubas but the whole ondo is usually seen as purely Yorubas.

N.B these are people that don't understand each other at all
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To me o Igbo as an ethnic group is homogeneous. Although dialectal differences do occur but. It's still Igbo. I don't understand how an ethnic group will be speaking another man's language and still be claiming different entity. Hausa serves as a lingua Franca in the North, but those other tribes that speak it still have their own language. Now if you have only Hausa as your tongue how are you a separate ethnic group.

Too many language equals to too many confusion.

Maybe an ethnic group speaks mnre than one language which is weird or spoken by ghosts. Lol

derealj:
Which ethnic group is that and I hope those Languages are not dialects?

Nope, I also know a certain community that the men speak different language from the women though they understand each other. Cross River sha

derealj:
So you mean to tell me this happened to a whole 250 other Ethnic groups?

yeah bro,its very possible. so many ethnic groups in the north.state like Adamawa have close to 30 ethnic group,nd they only speak Hausa. same goes with taraba,gombe,plateau..... so many of them that aren't Hausa,but their lingual is hausa