<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-title">More Than 50 Minority Nigerian Languages Could Become Extinct In A Few Years</h1>
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<div class="entry-metas">by <a href="http://www.konbini.com/ng/author/dorubo/" title="Posts by Daniel Orubo" rel="author">Daniel Orubo</a> <span class="entry-date"><span class="gmail-sep">|</span> <time datetime="Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:21:27">1 day ago</time>
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<p>As surprising as it sounds, there are over <b>500 languages</b> that have been spoken in Nigeria, and at least nine of them are now extinct – with a lot more at risk of joining them.</p>
<p>Over a week ago, the president of the <a href="http://www.academix.ng/demo/journals/profile.html?idd=3300010137"><strong>Linguistic Association of Nigeria</strong> </a>(LAN),
Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, announced that more than 50 minority
languages in Nigeria might become extinct in a few years – unless we
actually do something about it.</p>
<h3><strong>You, realizing there are other languages besides yoruba, hausa and igbo:</strong></h3>
<div style="width:255px" class="gmail-wp-caption gmail-alignnone"><img class="gmail-size-medium" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/bGPTxLislwm3u/giphy.gif" alt="(Source: GiPHY)" width="245" height="245"><p class="gmail-wp-caption-text">(Source: <strong>GiPHY</strong>)</p></div>
<p>Calling on the federal government to do something about this frightening statistic, Ohiri-Aniche said:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>“Let me advise the FG on the need to reawaken the national language policy project which is [almost dead]. </strong></p>
<p><strong>There is also an urgent need to establish language centres to
prevent possible extinction of most minority languages in the country.”
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<p>Ohiri-Aniche stated that the establishment of these centres to teach
local languages will help revive dying (and dead) languages. He also
urged parents to always speak in their local dialects to their children.</p>
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