Nigeria: Preserving Our Local Languages

[Francis Hult]

allAfrica.com

 

Nigeria: Preserving Our Local Languages

 

It is no longer a new thing in Nigeria of today to see a Nigerian child who cannot speak his native language or the native language of his immediate environment. It is bad to an extent that some cannot even decipher the meaning of words in their local dialect if the language is spoken to them.

 

It is no longer a new thing in Nigeria of today to see a Nigerian child who cannot speak his native language or the native language of his immediate environment. It is bad to an extent that some cannot even decipher the meaning of words in their local dialect if the language is spoken to them.

 

Full story:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201007050898.html

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