LANGUAGE SITUATION AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGERIA

The article deals with the language situation and language policy in Nigeria which is one of the most polyethnic African states. Sociolinguistic situation in the country is very complex because there are more than 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria which speak 521 languages. English is the official langua...

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Main Authors: Anna A Borisova, Nadezhda Yu Ilina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2017-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/17993