LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA

LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA

The article deals with the sociolinguistic situation and language policy in Nigeria, which is very complex because English is official language but there are also more than 500 local languages. Pidgin English is considered to be a means of inter-ethnic communication.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: A A Borisova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2015-12-01
Series:Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices
Subjects:
language policy
English pidgin
official language
local languages
ethnical and political situation
Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/polylinguality/article/viewFile/13060/12490
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spelling doaj-4cc90f778bcc43bc89384839151e3a502020-11-24T21:17:45ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices2618-897X2618-89882015-12-0102232813059LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIAA A Borisova0Peoples’ Friendship University of RussiaThe article deals with the sociolinguistic situation and language policy in Nigeria, which is very complex because English is official language but there are also more than 500 local languages. Pidgin English is considered to be a means of inter-ethnic communication.http://journals.rudn.ru/polylinguality/article/viewFile/13060/12490language policyEnglish pidginofficial languagelocal languagesethnical and political situation
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author A A Borisova
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LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA
Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices
language policy
English pidgin
official language
local languages
ethnical and political situation
author_facet A A Borisova
author_sort A A Borisova
title LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA
title_short LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA
title_full LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA
title_fullStr LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA
title_full_unstemmed LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA
title_sort language policy in nigeria
publisher Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
series Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices
issn 2618-897X
2618-8988
publishDate 2015-12-01
description The article deals with the sociolinguistic situation and language policy in Nigeria, which is very complex because English is official language but there are also more than 500 local languages. Pidgin English is considered to be a means of inter-ethnic communication.
topic language policy
English pidgin
official language
local languages
ethnical and political situation
url http://journals.rudn.ru/polylinguality/article/viewFile/13060/12490
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