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The Fate Of Nigerian Languages by sunusishehu: 8:36pm On Oct 27, 2015
Linguistics borrowing (loanwords) as a sociolinguistics phenomenon to the languages in contact i.e English and indigenous Nigerian is developing some languages it also serve as threat to other it led language loss and language death this is obvious to some indigenous Nigerian languages. Some indigenous Nigerian languages borrowed some lexical items from English and incorporate it with their own and substitute their native ones, this is the threat am talking about.
I observe something with HAUSA LANGUAGE from the research I conducted. Hausa is the only indigenous Nigerian language that borrows only to develop the language. Hausa borrows only in a situation when a new ideas or items come to HAUSA LAND and there is no concept or idea to signfied that thing. Hausa is the only indigenous Nigerian language after borrowing will try and formed a new concept of the loanword by calques. Examples Hausa language borrowed the following from English "Kwamfiyuta" from "Computer" and translate it as "Na'ura me Kwakwalwa" which means "machine with brain", "Salula" from "Cell-phone" translate as "Wayar Sadarwa" means "wire for communication. This is few out of thounsands.
HAUSA LANGUAGE already influenced and dominate hundrens of indigenous Nigerian languages, it will influence the others and become Nigerian official language nuture due to its wide spread and extension across Nigeria, Africa and World in general.
QUESTIONS:
1. Is it really what happing to our languages?
2. Is it possible for the HAUSA LANG.?
Re: The Fate Of Nigerian Languages by Beesluv: 8:39pm On Oct 27, 2015
hmmm
Re: The Fate Of Nigerian Languages by scholti: 9:33pm On Oct 27, 2015
If only Nigerians can think. In better-thinking climes there would be many universities run in Hausa. Engineering, biology, Aeronautics etc, would be some of the courses taught in Hausa-run universities. All the ingredients are there to make the Hausa language successful at the highest levels of usage: a huge speakership and a solid language. Over half of the country speaks it. It is the most written Nigerian indigenous language. Research has shown that people learn better with their native tongue. The language you use 80% of the time is your best language. In countries like like Spain, whole universities are taught in Catalonia, despite Spanish being the national language. Sadly, it may never happen because there is little deep thinking. To many low-IQs. Too many for comfort. Their level of thinking hardly advances beyond the mud huts in their villages.

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