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Nigeria: 'More Than 400 Nigerian Indigenous Languages Are Endangered'</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">26 FEBRUARY 2014</cite><br>
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Abuja — Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, the President of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), on Tuesday in Abuja, said about 400 Nigerian indigenous languages were endangered.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans',sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px">
Ohiri-Aniche made the disclosure at the UNESCO International Mother Language Day Celebration organised by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with LAN entitled; "Local Languages for Global Citizenship: Spotlight on Science."</p>
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