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Title Oppressing the oppressed: the threats of Hausa and English to Nigeria's minority languages
Full text http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/28036; http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/27369
Date 2004
Author(s) Igboanusi, Herbert; Peter, Lothar
Abstract This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. - In Nigeria, English is generally perceived as a dominant language. The dream of ''one north'' makes Hausa a lingua franca in northern Nigeria, with the potential of annihilating the over 200 indigenous languages spoken in that region. However, the increasing wave of ethnic consciousness as well as the ongoing agitations for the rights of minority languages have raised questions on the continued domination of minority languages by Hausa and English. Using data from a language-use questionnaire among northern and southern minority language speakers, the study shows that Hausa and English are fast replacing minority mother tongues in informal domains and situational contexts which are expected to be dominated by mother tongues. - Peer Reviewed
Subject(s) 400 Sprache; ddc:400
Language eng
Publisher Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Type of publication article; doc-type:article; publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier 0165-2516; urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/28036-6; 10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.131; 1613-3668
Repository Berlin - Humboldt University of Berlin
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