List of languages of Nigeria
The number of languages currently estimated and catalogued in Nigeria is 521.
This is only a partial list of Languages of Nigeria.
Living Languages
Alphabetic order |
By population |
|---|---|
|
12500 |
|
1000 |
|
25000 |
|
N/A |
|
5000 |
|
20000 |
|
1904 |
|
25000 |
|
70000 |
|
12000 |
|
20000 |
|
300 |
|
2000 |
|
26894 |
|
150000 |
|
250000 |
|
1000000 |
|
1000000 |
|
400000 |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
18525000 |
|
2000000 |
|
600000 |
|
800000 |
|
18000000 |
|
22772 |
|
423000 |
|
1000000 |
|
257764 |
|
5000 |
|
10000 |
|
3000000 |
|
800000 |
|
2212000 |
|
14085 |
|
1 |
|
150000 |
|
546000 |
|
18850000 |
|
15000 |
|
87800 |
|
1708 |
Extinct Languages
Alphabetic order |
Extinct |
|---|---|
|
Extinct |
|
Extinct |
|
Extinct |
|
Extinct |
|
Extinct |
References
- Ethnologue Listing of Nigerian Languages
- Blench, Roger (n.d.) Atlas of Nigerian Languages, ed. III (revised and amended EDition of Crozier & Blench 1992)