Nigeria

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Official Name
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Population Full

206,140,000 (2020 UNDESA)

Principal Languages
English
Literacy Rate
62% (2018 UNESCO)
International Conventions
ACHPR (1983), CDE (1969), CPPDCE (2008), CSICH (2005), ICCPR (1993), UNCRPD (2010), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Bendor-Samuel and Hartell 1989, Blench 1992, Blench 2003, Blench 2011, Blench et al 2015, Blench 2019, Campbell and King 2011, Connell 1994, Crozier and Blench 1992, Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007, Hansford et al 1976, Hon et al 2014, Nengel 1999
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Nigeria is 530. Of these, 520 are living and 10 are extinct. Of the living languages, 510 are indigenous and 10 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 19 are institutional, 83 are developing, 287 are vigorous, 92 are in trouble, and 39 are dying. Also listed are 7 unestablished languages and 1 macrolanguage.