Talk:Languages of Nigeria

message: In general, when I look at "Languages in ..." pages I think in terms of describing policies as well as the languages. This is already a pretty well worked on article with a lot of material that could expand well beyond its current size just on the descriptive material (due of course to the tremendous linguistic diversity - comparable to Languages of Indonesia in population and language number, though this article is better developed). So I thought I'd ask first what others' thoughts were on whether this topic should go on the Languages in Nigeria page or into a new article? There is a lot to say in that area too, esp. in light of possibilities opened by ICT as well as discussions of bilingual education approaches. --A12n 00:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I Agree with you. I also think that all respective languages of Nigeria should be listed somewhere else and eventually each one of them should receive its own page. The linguistic diversity of Nigeria is tremendous and cultural heritage is also amazing. In some regions neighboring villages speak languages that differ so much that they can't communicate with each other except in English.--Mike Sorensen 07:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language policy & planning? 

message: This will allow for a full list of languages of Nigeria without disrupting this article.--Mike Sorensen 08:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved the list of languages of Nigeria to a new article [[List of languages of Nigeria]]

message: It's not clear from the present state of the article which are the "two second languages without native speakers " mentioned in the intro. Could someone clarify, please? Man vyi (talk) 17:09, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's just lifted from Ethnologue. Link at the btm of the page. kwami (talk) 20:10, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  second languages without native speakers  

message: what are the feature of Nigeria  Language  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.220.11.250 (talk) 16:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Pick one, and follow the link. kwami (talk) 20:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nigerian  Language 

message: I have heard from good authority - as in Nigerian people! - that of the three main 
Nigerian languages (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba)  - Hausa is the most spoken in  Nigeria itself, but unlike Igbo and Yoruba, this languages has few speakers outside Nigeria, because the Hausas do not travel much.Perhaps this could be given a prominent place in the article  - it would clarify the most spoken language in Nigeria. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 21:25, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Almost the opposite, actually: Hausa is very widely spoken outside Nigeria, whereas Yoruba and Igbo are not (Yoruba extends across the border into Benin, where it is a 2ary language; Igbo is purely Nigerian). — kwami (talk) 20:10, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Hausa as most spoken language in Nigeria

message: Why does the article say 'Brail' is the official language of Nigeria? Isn't this English? I looked up Brail and I could not find anything to say this was a language or the Nigerian official language. Can it be changed to English? Uhmss (talk) 17:02, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official Language  

message: I have not heard of Nigeria before 139.138.95.186 (talk) 20:49, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nigeria 

message: I know it's more of a Benin language, but Fon is nowadays categorized as Volta-Niger language and not Kwa language anymore as it currently appears on the map.
source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fon_language
This is a recent change as described in Gbe languages page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gbe_languages  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElricGalad (talk • contribs) 19:58, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fon category on the map 

message: Should the WASSCE results be updated? The current one states a 60% fail rate, while the recent ones have an almost 80% pass rate. Kerouacfanatik (talk) 15:35, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  WASSCE results