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Nigeria: Ido language lessons

Posted by sociolingo on March 28, 2008

Edo Nation has some fairly rudimentary Ido language lessons 

as does EdoFolks where you’ll also find the following:

Edo Proverb 1
Edo Proverb2
Teach Yourslf Edo Language
 24 major Edoid dialects in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Modern Language
WAZOBIA
Edo General Language
10 Edo Proverbs
Edo Months and Seasons
Edo Language Class (2/03)
Can we speak one language (2/03)
 Common Titles and Definitions in Edo Language  (2/05)
 Definitions of an “Obo” and “Ogie-Obo”  (2/05)
 Political Office Minister in Edo Language  (2/05)
Edo Dictionary Online  (6/06)

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Nigeria: Igbo language lessons and more

Posted by sociolingo on March 28, 2008

 Igbonet has a series of Igbo language lessons, essays about the culture and people and more

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Nigeria: Igbo Language Preservation

Posted by sociolingo on March 28, 2008

Source: All Africa

Nigeria: Umeh Calls for Igbo Language Preservation

A retired secondary school principal, Mr Peter Umeh, has called on
 Ndigbo to preserve their language in order not to destroy the rich
 cultural heritage of the people.

Umeh told (NAN) in Enugu that the identity of any tribe was its
 language and that without language, a tribe would be incomplete and
 without identifiable root.

“Every tribe cherishes and protects its language because the
 extinction, marked the end and recognition of that tribe,” he said.

Full story:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200803240780.html   Read more about Igbo

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