Languages of Nigeria
Language↕ | Alternate names↕ | Number of speakers↕ | States spoken in↕ | Current status↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
English | — | 178,000,000 | — | Active |
Nigerian Pidgin English | Broken. Pidgin | 80,200,000 | All States | — |
Hausa | — | 63,000,000 | Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara | Active |
Yoruba | — | 45,700,000 | Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Kogi, Edo | Active |
Igbo | — | 33,000,000 | Abia, Anambra, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Rivers | Active |
Fula | Fulani, Fulbe, Fulfulde | 20,000,000 | Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe | Active |
Ibibio | — | 10,700,000 | Akwa Ibom, Cross River | — |
Kanuri | — | 8,150,000 | Borno, Kaduna, Adamawa, Kano, Niger, Jigawa, Plateau, Taraba, Yobe | — |
Tiv | — | 5,000,000 | Benue, Plateau,adamawa, Taraba, Nasarawa | Active |
Annang | — | 2,740,000 | Akwa Ibom | — |
Ijaw | Izon | 2,440,000 | Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Ondo, Akwa-Ibom | — |
Ebirra | Igbirra | 1,000,000 | Edo, Kogi, Ondo | — |
French | — | 1,000,000 | Bordering states of Nigeria | — |
Isekiri | Itsekiri | 1,000,000 | — | — |
Mupun | — | 1,000,000 | Plateau | — |
Okpe | Okpe | 1,000,000 | Delta | — |
Oro | Oron | 1,000,000 | Akwa Ibom | — |
Urhobo | — | 1,000,000 | Delta | — |
Angas | — | 368,000 | Bauchi, Jigawa, Plateau | — |
Yuom | — | 250,000 | Plateau | — |
Arabic | Chadian Arabic also known as Shuwa Arabic | 200,000 | Borno by Shuwa Arabs | — |
Alago | Arago | 100,000 | Plateau | — |
Gong | — | 100,000 | — | Plateau |
Izere | Izarek, Fizere, Fezere, Feserek, Afizarek, Afizare, Afusare, Jari, Jarawa, Jarawan Dutse, Hill Jarawa, Jos-Zarazon. | 100,000 | Plateau | — |
Uvwie | — | 100,000 | Delta | — |
Afrike | Afrerikpe | 60,000 | Cross River | — |
Akweya-Yachi | — | 50,000 | Benue | — |
Bille | — | 40,000 | — | — |
Gwoza | — | 40,000 | Borno | — |
Aduge | — | 30,000 | Anambra | — |
Dghwede | — | 30,000 | Borno | — |
Abua | Odual, Abuan | 25,000 | Rivers | — |
Afo | — | 25,000 | Plateau | — |
Adim | — | 20,000 | Cross River | — |
Cipu | Western Acipa | 20,000 | Kebbi, Niger | — |
Kwah | Baa | 18,000 | Adamawa | — |
Abanyom | Abanyum, Befun, Bofon, Mbofon | 13,000 | Cross River | Active |
Amo | — | 12,300 | — | — |
Achipa | Achipawa | 5,000 | Kebbi | — |
Afade | Affade, Afadeh, Afada, Kotoko, Moga | 5,000 | Borno, Yobe | — |
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