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==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
'''Dictionaries'''
'''Dictionaries'''
* Wale Adegbite, Inyang Udofot & Kehinde Ayoola, '''''A dictionary of Nigerian English''''', Ile-Ife : Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2014 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/dictionary-of-nigerian-english/oclc/907456598&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Adegbite, Wale, Inyang Udofot, and Kehinde Ayoola. ''A dictionary of Nigerian English.'' Ile-Ife,: Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2014. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/907456598 WorldCat].
* Ola Rotimi, '''''A dictionary of Nigerian Pidgin English''''', - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/dictionary-of-nigerian-pidgin-english-with-an-introductory-survey-of-the-history-linguistics-and-socio-literary-functions/oclc/20746332&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Rotimi, Ola. ''A dictionary of Nigerian Pidgin English.'' Nigeria: Verlag nicht ermittelbar, 1970. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1073622634 WorldCat].
* Roxana Ma Newman, '''''An English-Hausa dictionary''''', Ikeja : Longman, 1997 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/english-hausa-dictionary/oclc/38392559&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Newman, Roxana Ma. ''An English-Hausa dictionary.'' Ikeja: Longman, 1997. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/38392559 WorldCat].
* '''''Modern Yoruba dictionary : Yoruba-English, English-Yoruba''''', Ghana : Kasahorow, 2013 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/modern-yoruba-dictionary-yoruba-english-english-yoruba/oclc/1000403044&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* ''Modern Yoruba dictionary : Yoruba-English, English-Yoruba.'' Ghana: Kasahorow, 2013. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1000403044 WorldCat].
* Nicholas Awde & Onyekachi Wambu, '''''Igbo English, English Igbo dictionary and phrasebook''''', New York : Hippocrene Books, 1999 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/igbo-english-english-igbo-dictionary-and-phrasebook-a-language-of-nigeria/oclc/231864151&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Awde, Nicholas, and Onyekachi Wambu. ''Igbo English, English Igbo dictionary and phrasebook.'' New York: Hippocrene Books, 1999. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/231864151 WorldCat].
* I A Mukoshy, '''''A Fulfulde-English dictionary''''', Ibadan, Nigeria : HEBN Publishers Plc, 2014 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/a-fulfulde-english-dictionary/oclc/883340213&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Mukoshy, I. A. ''A Fulfulde-English dictionary.'' Ibadan, Nigeria: HEBN Publishers Plc, 2014. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/883340213 WorldCat].
* Elaine Marlowe Kaufman, '''''Ibibio dictionary''''', Port Harcourt (Nigeria) : Cross River State University ; Leiden : African Studies Centre, 1985 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/ibibio-dictionary/oclc/490178828&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Kaufman, Elaine Marlowe. ''Ibibio dictionary.'' Port Harcourt (Nigeria), Leiden: Cross River State University, 1985. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/490178828 WorldCat].
* Norbert Cyffer, '''''English-Kanuri dictionary''''', Köln Köppe 1994 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/english-kanuri-dictionary/oclc/231589555&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Cyffer, Norbert. ''English-Kanuri dictionary.'' Köln: Köppe, 1994. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/231589555 WorldCat].
* Gerard Terpstra, '''''English-Tiv dictionary''''', Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1968 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/english-tiv-dictionary/oclc/71229&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Terpstra, Gerard. ''English-Tiv dictionary.'' Ibadan, Nigeria: Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1968. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/71229 WorldCat].
* A W Banfield, '''''Dictionary of the Nupe language''''', Farnborough, Gregg, 1969 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/dictionary-of-the-nupe-language/oclc/97484&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Banfield, A. W. ''Dictionary of the Nupe language.'' Farnborough: Gregg, 1969. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/97484 WorldCat].


'''Online Dictionaries'''
'''Online Dictionaries'''
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'''Language Aids'''
'''Language Aids'''
* C U C Ugorji, '''''Nigerian English phonology : a preference grammar''''', Frankfurt am Main Lang 2010 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/nigerian-english-phonology-a-preference-grammar/oclc/845673559&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Ugorji, C. U. C. ''Nigerian English phonology : a preference grammar.'' Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2010. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/845673559 WorldCat].
* Nicholas Gregory Faraclas, '''''A grammar of Nigerian pidgin''''', Ph. D. University of California at Berkeley 1989 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/grammar-of-nigerian-pidgin/oclc/25563057&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Faraclas, Nicholas Gregory. ''A grammar of Nigerian pidgin.'' Ann Arbor, Mich.: U.M.I., n.d.. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/153877843 WorldCat].
* Charles H Robinson, '''''Hausa grammar''''', Muenchen : LINCOM Europa, 2012 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/hausa-grammar/oclc/819379940&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Robinson, Charles H. ''Hausa grammar.'' Muenchen: LINCOM Europa, 2012. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/819379940 WorldCat].
* J A De Gaye & W S Beecroft, '''''Yoruba grammar''''', London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/yoruba-grammar/oclc/8971361&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* De Gaye, J. A, and W. S. Beecroft . ''Yoruba grammar.'' London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/8971361 WorldCat].
* M A A N Ụwalaka, '''''Igbo grammar''''', Ibadan : The Pen Services, 1997 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/igbo-grammar/oclc/46870649&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Ụwalaka, M. A. A. N. ''Igbo grammar.'' Ibadan: The Pen Services, 1997. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/46870649 WorldCat].
* Sylvia Leith-Ross, '''''Fulani grammar''''', Lagos, 1921 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/fulani-grammar/oclc/605992618&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Leith-Ross, Sylvia. ''Fulani grammar.'' London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1925. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/643597603 WorldCat].
* Adolf von Duisburg & Philip Askell Benton, '''''Primer of Kanuri grammar''''', 1968 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/primer-of-kanuri-grammar/oclc/641364049&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* von Duisburg, Adolf, and Philip Askell Benton. ''Primer of Kanuri grammar.'' London: Oxford University Press, 1917. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/416894495 WorldCat].
* Roy Clive Abraham, '''''The grammar of Tiv''''', Kaduna, Nigeria : Government Printer, 1933 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/grammar-of-tiv/oclc/660177059&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Abraham, Roy Clive. ''The grammar of Tiv.'' Kaduna, Nigeria: Government Printer, 1933. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/660177059 WorldCat].
* Samuel Crowther, '''''A grammar and vocabulary of the Nupe language''''', London : Church Missionary House, Salisbury Square, 1864 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/grammar-and-vocabulary-of-the-nupe-language/oclc/20216809&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Crowther, Samuel. ''A grammar and vocabulary of the Nupe language.'' Salisbury Square, London: Church Missionary House, 1864. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/20216809 WorldCat].


==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==

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Description

The official language of Nigeria is English.
As reported in 2003, Nigerian English and Nigerian Pidgin were spoken as a second language by 60 million people in Nigeria.

The major native languages are:

Word List(s)

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

  • Adegbite, Wale, Inyang Udofot, and Kehinde Ayoola. A dictionary of Nigerian English. Ile-Ife,: Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2014. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Rotimi, Ola. A dictionary of Nigerian Pidgin English. Nigeria: Verlag nicht ermittelbar, 1970. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Newman, Roxana Ma. An English-Hausa dictionary. Ikeja: Longman, 1997. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Modern Yoruba dictionary : Yoruba-English, English-Yoruba. Ghana: Kasahorow, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Awde, Nicholas, and Onyekachi Wambu. Igbo English, English Igbo dictionary and phrasebook. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1999. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Mukoshy, I. A. A Fulfulde-English dictionary. Ibadan, Nigeria: HEBN Publishers Plc, 2014. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Kaufman, Elaine Marlowe. Ibibio dictionary. Port Harcourt (Nigeria), Leiden: Cross River State University, 1985. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Cyffer, Norbert. English-Kanuri dictionary. Köln: Köppe, 1994. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Terpstra, Gerard. English-Tiv dictionary. Ibadan, Nigeria: Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1968. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Banfield, A. W. Dictionary of the Nupe language. Farnborough: Gregg, 1969. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries


Language Aids

  • Ugorji, C. U. C. Nigerian English phonology : a preference grammar. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2010. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Faraclas, Nicholas Gregory. A grammar of Nigerian pidgin. Ann Arbor, Mich.: U.M.I., n.d.. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Robinson, Charles H. Hausa grammar. Muenchen: LINCOM Europa, 2012. Available at: WorldCat.
  • De Gaye, J. A, and W. S. Beecroft . Yoruba grammar. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Ụwalaka, M. A. A. N. Igbo grammar. Ibadan: The Pen Services, 1997. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Leith-Ross, Sylvia. Fulani grammar. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1925. Available at: WorldCat.
  • von Duisburg, Adolf, and Philip Askell Benton. Primer of Kanuri grammar. London: Oxford University Press, 1917. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Abraham, Roy Clive. The grammar of Tiv. Kaduna, Nigeria: Government Printer, 1933. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Crowther, Samuel. A grammar and vocabulary of the Nupe language. Salisbury Square, London: Church Missionary House, 1864. Available at: WorldCat.

Additional Resources

References

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