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nigeria branch primary locations cross river cross river akwa ibom bayelsa and rivers states bendi obudu and ogoja lgas cross river state mambiloid sardauna lga taraba state cameroon dakoid mayo belwa lga taraba state and adjacent areas jukunoid taraba benue gombe as wãpha in wase lga plateau state yukubenic takum lga taraba state kainji kauru lga kaduna state and bassa lga plateau state kainji lake area plateau plateau kaduna and nasarawa states tivoid benue nasrawa obudu lga cross river and sardauna lga taraba state northwest and southwest regions cameroon beboid takum lga taraba state northwest cameroon ekoid ikom and ogoja lgas cross river state cameroon grassfields sardauna lga taraba state northwest southwest west regions cameroon jarawan bantu bauchi plateau adamawa and taraba states distributions of adamawa branches in nigeria branch primary locations duru vere fufore lga adamawa state leko adamawa and taraba states cameroon mumuye taraba state yendang mayo belwa and numan lgas adamawa state waja kaltungo and balanga lgas gombe state kam bali lga taraba state baa numan lga adamawa state laka karim lamido lga taraba state and yola lga adamawa state jenjo karim lamido lga taraba state bikwin karim lamido lga taraba state yungur song and guyuk lgas adamawa state in addition ijaw languages are spoken in rivers state bayelsa state and other states of the niger delta region mande languages are spoken in kebbi state niger state and kwara state 28 nilo saharan languages edit in nigeria the nilo saharan language family is represented by saharan languages kanuri and kanembu in the northeastern part of nigeria in the states of borno yobe and parts of jigawa and bauchi states teda in northern nigeria songhai languages zarma zabarma and dendi in kebbi state zamfara state sokoto state niger state near the border with the neighbouring countries of niger and northern benin also in kaduna state yobe state and lagos trading community central sudanic languages lau laka a recently discovered central sudanic language of taraba state foreign languages edit french is compulsory in all schools in january 2016 the minister for education anthony anwukah announced a wish to make french the second language of business in nigeria because the majority of african countries are francophone and all of nigeria s neighbouring countries are francophone 11 29 list of languages edit this is a non exhaustive list of languages spoken in nigeria 30 31 32 33 s n language alternate names number of speakers native speakers states spoken in current status language varieties 1 abanyom abanyum befun bofon mbofon 13 000 cross river active 2 nigerian pidgin english broken pidgin 80 200 000 all states 2 abon abong abõ ba ban 1 000 taraba 3 abua odual abuan 25 000 rivers 4 abureni mini 4 000 bayelsa 5 achipa achipawa 5 000 kebbi 6 adim 20 000 cross river 7 aduge 30 000 anambra 8 adun cross river 9 afade affade afadeh afada kotoko moga 5 000 borno yobe 10 afo 25 000 plateau 11 afrike afrerikpe 60 000 cross river 12 ajawa aja ajanci 0 bauchi extinct 13 akaju ndem akajuk cross river active 14 akweya yachi 50 000 benue 15 alago arago 100 000 plateau 16 amo 12 300 17 anaguta 18 annang 2 740 000 akwa ibom 19 angas 368 000 bauchi jigawa plateau 20 ankwei plateau 21 arabic chadian arabic also known as shuwa arabic 200 000 200 000 borno by shuwa arabs 22 anyima cross river 23 arum nasarawa 24 attakar ataka kaduna 25 auyoka auyokawa auyakawa awiaka jigawa 26 awori lagos ogun 27 ayu kaduna 28 babur adamawa bomo taraba yobe 29 bachama adamawa 30 bachere cross river 31 bada plateau 32 bade yobe 33 bakulung taraba 34 bali 35 bambora bambarawa bauchi 36 bambuko taraba 37 banda bandawa 38 banka bankalawa bauchi 39 banso panso adamawa 40 bara barawa bauchi 41 barke 42 baruba barba niger 43 bashiri bashirawa plateau 44 basa kaduna kogi niger plateau 45 batta adamawa 46 baushi niger 47 baya adamawa 48 bekwarra cross river 49 bele buli belewa bauchi 50 betso bete taraba 51 bette cross river 52 bilei adamawa rivers 53 bille 40 000 54 bina binawa kaduna 55 bini edo 56 birom plateau 57 bobua taraba 58 boki nki cross river 59 bokkos plateau 60 boko bussawa bargawa niger 61 bole bolewa bauchi yobe 62 botlere adamawa 63 boma bomawa burmano bauchi 64 bomboro 65 buduma borno niger 66 buji plateau 67 buli bauchi 68 bunu kogi 69 bura bura pabir borno adamawa yobe 70 burak bauchi 71 burma burmawa plateau 72 buru yobe 73 buta butawa bauchi 74 bwall plateau 75 bwatiye adamawa 76 bwazza 77 challa plateau 78 chama chamawa fitilai bauchi 79 chamba chamba daka chamba leko adamawa taraba 2 80 chamo bauchi 81 cibak chibbak chibok borno 82 chinine borno 83 chip plateau 84 chokobo 85 chukkol taraba 86 cipu western acipa 20 000 kebbi niger 87 daba adamawa 88 dadiya bauchi 89 daka adamawa 90 dakarkari niger kebbi 91 danda dandawa kebbi 92 dangsa taraba 93 daza dere derewa bauchi 94 degema rivers 95 deno denawa bauchi 96 dghwede 30 000 borno 97 diba taraba 98 doemak dumuk plateau 99 duguri bauchi 100 duka dukawa kebbi 101 duma dumawa bauchi 102 ebana ebani rivers 103 ebirra igbirra 1 000 000 edo kogi ondo 104 ebu edo kogi delta anioma 105 efik cross river 106 egbema rivers imo 107 eggon plateau 108 egun gùn lagos ogun 109 ejagham jagham cross river 110 ekajuk 111 eket akwa ibom 112 ekoi cross river 113 ekpeye ekpe ye rivers 114 engenni ngene 115 epie 116 english 178 000 000 40 000 000 4 117 esan ishan edo 118 etche rivers 119 etolu etilo benue 120 etsako afenmai edo 121 etung cross river 122 etuno edo 123 falli adamawa 124 french 1 000 000 200 000 bordering states of nigeria 125 fula fulani fulbe fulfulde 20 000 000 18 000 000 adamawa bauchi borno gombe jigawa kaduna kano katsina kebbi niger sokoto taraba yobe 7 126 fyam fyem plateau 127 fyer fer 128 ga anda adamawa 129 gade niger 130 galambi bauchi 131 gamergu mulgwa malgo malgwa borno 132 ganawuri qanawuri plateau 133 gavako borno 134 gbedde kogi 135 gbo agbo legbo cross river 136 gengle taraba 137 geji bauchi 138 gera gere gerawa 139 geruma gerumawa bauchi plateau 140 gingwak bauchi 141 gira adamawa 142 gizigz 143 goernai kaduna 144 gong 100 000 plateau 145 gokana kana rivers 146 gombi adamawa 147 gornun gmun taraba 148 gonia 149 gubi gubawa bauchi 150 gude adamawa 151 gudu 152 gure kaduna 153 gurmana niger 154 gururntum bauchi 155 gusu plateau 156 gwa gurawa adamawa 157 gwamba 158 gwandara kaduna niger plateau 159 gwari gbari kaduna niger fct nasarawa kogi 160 gwom taraba 161 gwoza 40 000 borno 162 gyem bauchi 163 hausa 63 000 000 38 700 000 bauchi borno gombe jigawa kaduna kano katsina kebbi niger plateau sokoto taraba yobe zamfara 9 164 humono kohumono cross river 165 holma adamawa 166 hona 167 hyam ham jaba jabba kaduna 168 ibeno akwa ibom 169 ibibio 10 700 000 6 200 000 akwa ibom cross river 170 ichen adamawa 171 idoma benue taraba 172 igala kogi benue delta anambra 173 igbo 33 000 000 33 000 000 abia anambra delta ebonyi enugu imo rivers 3 174 igede egede benue 175 ijaw izon 2 440 000 2 440 000 bayelsa rivers delta ondo akwa ibom 176 ijumu kogi 176 ika delta edo 177 ikorn cross river 178 irigwe plateau 179 isoko delta 180 isekiri itsekiri 1 000 000 181 iyala iyalla cross river 182 izere izarek fizere fezere feserek afizarek afizare afusare jari jarawa jarawan dutse hill jarawa jos zarazon 100 000 plateau 183 izondjo bayelsa delta ondo rivers 184 jahuna jahunawa taraba 185 jaku bauchi 186 jara jaar jarawa jarawa dutse 187 jere jare jera jera jerawa bauchi plateau 188 jero taraba 189 jibu adamawa 190 jidda abu plateau 191 jimbin jimbinawa bauchi 192 jirai adamawa 193 jju kaje kache kaduna 194 jonjo jenjo taraba 195 jukun bauchi benue taraba plateau 196 kaba kabawa taraba 197 kadara ajuah ajure adaa adara azuwa ajuwa azuwa citation needed eda kaduna 34 niger 35 198 kafanchan kaduna 199 kagoro 200 kajuru kajurawa 201 kaka manenguba adamawa 202 kamaku karnukawa kaduna kebbi niger 203 kambari kebbi niger 204 kamwe kapsiki in cameroon 1 2 million native speakers adamawa borno and republic of cameroon active 36 205 kamo bauchi active 206 kanakuru dera adamawa borno 207 kanembu borno 208 kanikon kaduna 209 kantana plateau 210 kanufi kaduna 37 211 kanuri 8 150 000 7 650 000 borno kaduna adamawa kano niger jigawa plateau taraba yobe 212 karai karai language karaikarai karekare bauchi yobe 213 karimjo taraba 214 kariya bauchi 215 katab kataf kaduna 216 kenern koenoem plateau 217 kenton taraba 218 kiballo kiwollo kaduna 219 kilba adamawa 220 kirfi kirfawa bauchi 221 koma taraba 222 kona 223 koro kwaro kaduna niger nasarawa 224 kubi kubawa bauchi 225 kudachano kudawa bauchi 226 kugama taraba 227 kulere kaler plateau 228 kunini taraba 229 kurama jigawa kaduna niger plateau 230 kurdul adamawa 231 kushi bauchi 232 kuteb taraba 233 kutin 234 kwah baa 18 000 adamawa 235 kwalla plateau 236 kwami kwom bauchi 237 kwanchi taraba 238 kwanka kwankwa bauchi plateau 239 kwaro plateau 240 kwato 241 kyenga kengawa sokoto 242 laaru larawa niger 243 lakka adamawa 244 lala 245 lama taraba 246 lamja 247 lau 248 ubbo adamawa 249 limono bauchi plateau 250 lopa lupa lopawa niger 251 longuda lunguda adamawa bauchi 252 mabo plateau 253 mada kaduna plateau 254 mama plateau 255 mambilla adamawa 256 manchok kaduna 257 mandara wandala borno 258 manga mangawa yobe 259 margi adamawa borno 260 matakarn adamawa 261 mbembe cross river enugu 262 mbol adamawa 263 mbube cross river 264 mbula adamawa 265 mbum taraba 266 memyang meryan plateau 267 miango 268 miligili migili 269 miya miyawa bauchi 270 mobber borno 271 montol plateau 272 moruwa moro a morwa kaduna 273 muchaila adamawa 274 mumuye taraba 275 mundang adamawa 276 mupun 1 000 000 plateau 278 mushere 279 mwahavul mwaghavul 280 ndoro taraba 281 ngamo bauchi yobe 282 ngizim yobe 283 ngweshe ndhang ngoshe ndhang adamawa borno 284 ningi ningawa bauchi 285 ninzam ninzo kaduna plateau 286 njayi adamawa 287 nkim cross river 288 nkum 289 nokere nakere plateau 290 nsukka enugu state and some parts of kogi state 291 nunku kaduna plateau 292 nupe niger kwara kogi fct 293 nyandang taraba 294 obolo andoni akwa ibom rivers 295 ogba ogba 1000 rivers 296 ogbia bayelsa 297 ofutop ofutop okangha 2 5 000 4 000 ikom okuni cross river 298 ogori kwara 299 okobo okkobor akwa ibom 300 okpamheri edo 301 okpe okpe 1 000 000 delta 302 olulumo cross river 302 oro oron 1 000 000 akwa ibom 303 owan edo 304 owe kwara 305 oworo 306 pa a pa awa afawa bauchi 307 pai plateau 308 panyam taraba 309 pero bauchi 310 pire adamawa 311 pkanzom taraba 312 poll 313 polchi habe bauchi 314 pongo pongu niger 315 potopo taraba 315 pyapun piapung plateau 317 qua cross river 318 rebina rebinawa bauchi 319 reshe kebbi niger 320 rindire rendre plateau 321 rishuwa kaduna 322 ron plateau 323 rubu niger 324 rukuba plateau 325 rumada kaduna 326 rumaya 327 sakbe taraba 328 sanga bauchi 329 sate taraba 330 saya sayawa za ar bauchi plateau kaduna abuja niger kogi 331 segidi sigidawa bauchi 332 shanga shangawa sokoto 333 shangawa shangau plateau 334 shan shan plateau 335 shira shirawa kano 336 shomo taraba 337 shuwa adamawa borno 338 sikdi plateau 339 siri sirawa bauchi 340 srubu surubu kaduna 341 sukur adamawa 342 sura plateau 343 tangale bauchi 344 tarok plateau taraba 345 teme adamawa 346 tera terawa bauchi bomo 347 teshena teshenawa kano 348 tigon adamawa 349 tikar taraba 350 tiv 4 560 000 benue plateau adamawa taraba nasarawa 2 351 tula bauchi 352 tur adamawa 353 ufia benue 354 ukelle kele kukelle cross river 355 ukwani kwale aboh delta 356 uncinda kaduna kebbi niger sokoto 357 uneme ineme edo 358 ura ula niger 359 urhobo 1 000 000 delta 360 utonkong benue 361 uvwie 100 000 delta 362 uyanga cross river 363 vemgo adamawa 364 verre 365 vommi taraba 366 wagga adamawa 367 waja bauchi 368 waka taraba 369 warja jigawa 370 warji bauchi 371 wula adamawa 372 wurbo 373 wurkun taraba 374 yache cross river 375 yagba kwara 376 yakurr yako cross river 377 yalla benue 378 yandang taraba 379 yergan yergum plateau 380 yoruba 45 700 000 43 700 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