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Nigeria: Kebbi - The Dying Languages of Illo</h1><cite class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-style:normal;font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans',sans-serif">BY TADAFERUA UJORHA, 16 NOVEMBER 2013</cite><br>
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</cite></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans',sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px">If the younger generation cannot speak its mother tongue, and only the elders can, wouldn't such language finally vanish? Weekly Trust investigates the slow death of languages at Illo in Kebbi state.</span><br>
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