Josh

Structural Engineer👷||
Structural Designer

[Mai & Global Consulting Partners @MaiandGCP]

This is actually a brilliant observation that deserves a proper answer. You are not wrong about what you are seeing. But what you are describing is exactly how languages disappear without anyone noticing.

Adamawa alone has over 40 documented languages. Bura, Vere, Chamba, Gaanda, Lala, Bacchama, Bata, Marghi and more and no they are not variations as you pointed out.

But most of them are slowly being swallowed by Hausa and Fulani because those are the languages of trade, mobility and survival.

So yes, your Borno security guard speaks Shuwa Arabic and your Sokoto okada man speaks Hausa and they understand each other perfectly. That does not mean only one language exists. It means one language won the economic argument. This is what linguists call language assimilation. The dominant language does not erase the others overnight. It just makes them less useful for daily survival until the younger generation stops learning them entirely.

Now here are the facts. Ethnologue, which is the world's most authoritative database on languages, currently documents 520 living indigenous languages in Nigeria alone. Not dialects. Languages. Nigeria has also already lost 12 indigenous languages or more to extinction. Gone forever.

The Middle Belt is where this becomes undeniable. Plateau State alone has over 50 distinct languages. Keyword "Dinstinct".

Benue has Tiv, Idoma, Igede and more. Taraba has communities that cannot understand their neighbours two villages away without a translator. Your Yoruba example actually proves the point perfectly. The fact that a Yoruba person can move across the Southwest and be understood is evidence of one dominant language absorbing regional variations over centuries. That process happened. It is still happening everywhere else in Nigeria right now.

Now I am willing to bet you have never heard of Hyam, Ngas, Mwaghavul, Berom, Amo, Buji, Sura, Anaguta, or Irigwe from Plateau State. Or Kilba, Huba, Bura-Pabir, and Chibok from Borno. Or Mumuye, Jenjo, Yukuben, and Wurkum from Taraba. Or Tur, Nyandang, Kugama and Taram further into the riverine communities nobody talks about. Or what about Igala, Ebira, Bassange, Bassa-Nge, Kakanda and Oworo from Kogi alone. I have not even touched Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa, Edo, Ondo, or Nasarawa yet. You want to know exactly where each of these is spoken? You will have to tour Nigeria for that. And I promise you, this country will humble you in ways no map ever could. The 500 languages are not cap. Most of them are just quietly dying (Bura has an estimated 11,000 speakers with most young Bura people now not able to speak the language) while we debate whether they exist. And that is the real conversation Nigeria should be having.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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Please send an email with ~3 bullet points demonstrating evidence of exceptional ability to [email protected].

[Medic Toriq👨🏿‍⚕️ @MedicToriq]

They didn’t fail.
They weren’t expelled.
They didn’t drop out.

They are medical students in Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo and they’ve been trapped in the same level for 2–3 years.

While their mates in other schools have graduated and are already in hospitals saving lives.

This isn’t just delay.
It’s time stolen.

Parents are aging.
Money is running out.
Dreams are quietly breaking.

And the worst part?
Nigeria needs doctors more than ever.

Yet students ready to become doctors are being held back because accreditation is still not in place by Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.

This is not fair.
This is not normal.
This is not acceptable.

If this shows up on your timeline, don’t scroll past it.
Repost it.

Because somewhere in Otukpo, future doctors are watching their lives stand still.

[Cross˚ @Elkrosmediahub]

Not seen any APC handle posting that Tinubu’s yesterday’s speech about sandwich and one egg a day.

Finally feeling shame??🤣🤣

[ilymjsyk @g4na_xo]

Everything just cost, cinema date now you go dey spend reach 50k, if I carry babe go watch movie I go make sure say she pay attention to every single detail because I go ask you questions after

[Morris Monye @Morris_Monye]

Structure your life well so that you can live life easily.

Get stocks, do fixed/term deposits, get lands etc.

When those monies come, it’s not to flex woman or eat food. It’s for growing wealth.

Plan yourself well. You will see that life is easy for you later.

[Asanwa.sol @Chizitere_xyz]

You people will come on this app and confidently mislead people on something you have zero knowledge about. Buying Dangote Refinery shares with a 150k salary will not take anyone out of the trenches. NGX is not a meme coin.

Dangote Refinery is currently preparing for its IPO with an estimated valuation of *$40 Billion to $50 Billion**. In Naira, that is over 60 TRILLION Naira. You are telling a guy who earns 150k a month to use 7k to buy a microscopic fraction of a 60 Trillion Naira asset and expect it to magically pay his house rent in a few years?

If you earn between 100k and 250k, and you aggressively scrape 20k monthly to buy shares, you would have invested 240k by December. Even if the refinery does a miraculous 20% return, your profit for tying down your hard-earned survival money for 365 days is just 48k. That cannot even buy a half bag of rice today. Inflation will swallow that profit before the dividend is even paid.

Let's even scale it up. Let's say you manage to invest a whole 1 Million Naira. A very solid 20% return gives you 200k profit in an ENTIRE YEAR. Is 200k after 12 months changing your life? No.

Dangote Refinery stock are for WEALTH PRESERVATION, not poverty eradication. It is for the person sitting on 50m who wants to park heavy liquidity, hedge against inflation. It is NOT for Emeka who's eating from hand to mouth in this economy.
If your income is small, take that 7k and use it to eat.
7k is not magically paying your house rent in 2030 because you bought dangote refinery stock.

[TeeBag🇰🇪 @tii_bag]

Bananas are such convenient fruits like no chopping or washing needed, not sticky, no juice dripping around and they come with their own biodegradable packaging. A 10/10 in my books

[YOM🗣️ @ThaBoyYom]

Same way a 24yr old dude is a ‘small boy’ to a 19yr old baddie

[Victoria Olamide👸😍❤️ @VikyInsights]

Everything women demand from a man costs money.

-Provision costs money.
-Protection costs money.
-Leadership costs money.
-Performance costs money.

Everything men ask from a woman costs nothing.

-Respect.
-Peace.
-Loyalty.
-Softness.

And somehow, what costs nothing is still called "too much" BY MODERN FEMINISTS. 🥺

[Sesame Chiccen 🔜Dreamcon @Loccdawggg]

As far as fame goes, Mike is in a closer conversation with Jesus than he is with other celebrities and I genuinely wish I was exaggerating

[— don @dracosrevenge]

the ability to disappoint women is a vital skill that men must learn in order to have a successful relationship

[Ja Leto @_falsi1ke]

Being too mature at a young age kills your happiness.

[Ụlọma @ulxma]

Women are so obsessed with putting themselves in tiers. Pathetic stuff. You have sex with a man you’re not married to but you think you’re better raised than the women who are cohabiting. All of us ashawo. If you like don’t go and sit down.

[PJ ✂️ @OAeoleon]

Nigerian Politician Profile:

Bank — Switzerland
Hospital — London
Holidays — UAE or USA
Kids — UK, USA, Canada
Pilgrimage — Saudi
Shopping — Paris, Milan
Houses — Abuja, Dubai, London

Fornication —Maldives, Mykonos
Checkups — “Routine” trips abroad
Constituency — Seen only during elections
Promises — “We are working on it”
Scandals — “Politically motivated

Side hustle — Government contracts
Cars — Bulletproof convoy, sirens screaming
Light — 24/7 generator (NEPA is for vibes)
Security — More guards than a bank vault

Country — Managed remotely.

But when it’s time to campaign:
“My people… I feel your pain.” 🙂
If you like use your head this coming election or they use it for you as usual.

[Wallstbasement @wallstbasement]

Unless it is specifically necessary that you demonstrate skill

Always opt to be underestimated

[Jackson @Jacksonsrule]

Billionaires don’t have bank accounts like you and me. They have art collections,Yachts,Mansions,Stocks. None of it gets taxed until they sell it. So they just never sell it. They borrow against it instead. Live off the loans. Pay almost nothing. Then when they die, their kids inherit it all tax-free. The wealth never gets taxed, It just gets passed down.
And we wonder why the gap keeps getting wider.

[KING CHIDI @guzu_p]

For a fact that you can suck breast but can't suck nyash explains why the former is superior to the latter.

Always remember,

You're strong and healthy today because you were breastfed, not nyashfed.

[Oyindamola🙄 @dammiedammie35]

So our oga here paus£d me since last year but I no too reason am, appealed a few times and I just continued doing my thing here, no stress. Today I got this🤯…Thank you Elon🥹✨

[Success.ofsnaps @ThatSuccess_]

They're selling Coke 600 naira in this Holdup, i don't know maybe because it's cold.

And heat dey this danfo. I buy am with vex.

I didn't want the coke to splash all over my shirt so I took it outside this danfo window, open am.. person collect am from window. Cross main road. 😂

This country don taya me. 😩🤣