Language policy in Nigeria

Derly Tatiana Muoz

Karen Cifuentes
Fabian Perez
Johana Moreno
Mairon Tobar

Language policy in Nigeria

Multilingual nation
Oficial Language: English

Constitutional
Review Committee 1989
Indigenous National Language
Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo

Lexis and meaning paisa

Abejorrear: Manoseo no santo entre parejas
Acarajada: Boba, tonta
Atembao: Bobo, torpe, lento, apelotardado.
Avispao: Despierto, sagaz, aventajado
Berraco: Valiente
Culebra: Deuda.
Culebrero: Vendedor hbil que usaba una culebra para
atraer los clientes.

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Language policy in Nigeria

Nigeria is the largest black population and one of the
largest ESL (English as a Second Language)

The country is a conglomerate of many languages and

cultures, making the choice of an indigenous linguistic
code difficult. As a matter of fact, the country parades
an array of about 500 languages
In terms of education, paragraph 15(4) of the National
Policy on Education says Government will see to it that
the medium of instruction in the primary school is
initially the MT or the language of the immediate
community and at a later stage, English.

The way Paisas speak Spanish, also known as Antioquean Spanish, is distinctive within Colombia.
Paisas are said to speak Spanish fast and soft. They have many local and regional expressions that
are opaque even for other Colombians. From the rural Paisa dialect, a popular urban version called
Parlache developed.[19]
Voseo (using vos instead of t): In colloquial speech, Paisas use vos as the second person singular
informal pronoun (instead of t) and usted for formal address, although it is common to use usted even
with relatives and friends. However, vos is restricted to colloquial use and, unlike
exclusively voseo regions that use it for official purposes like the press and government, vos in the
Paisa Region is rarely used in official documents. Several Paisa writers (such as Toms Carrasquilla,
Fernando Gonzlez Ochoa,Manuel Meja Vallejo, Fernando Vallejo, and Gonzalo Arango) use vos in
their works as a distinct marker of the Paisa identity. However, the use of t is well known due to the
immigration of Colombian groups like the Costeos.
Seseo (merger of // into /s/): As with most American dialects of Spanish, Paisas do not distinguish s
from z or soft c. While seseo is dominant, the Paisa /s/ is articulated as an apicoalveolar [ss], a sound
transitional between [s] and [], as in central and northern Spain and southern Central America. The
apicoalveolar 's' was influenced by Basques, Catalans, and Extremadurans, and seseo was influenced
by Andalusians.
Yesmo (merger of // into / ~ j/): Paisas pronounce ll as y, so that there is no distinction
between cay (it fell) and call (became silent).
The voiced consonants /b/, /d/, and // are pronounced as plosives after and sometimes before any
consonant, like other Colombian dialects (rather than the fricative orapproximant that is characteristic
of most other dialects). Thus pardo [pardo], barba [barba], algo [alo], peligro [pe
lio], desde [dezde] (dialectally [dede] or [dede])rather than the [ paro], [ bara], [ al o], [pe
lio], [deze] (dial. [dee], [de] or [de]) of Spain and the rest of Spanish America. A notable
exception is the region ofNario[20] and most Costeo speech (Atlantic coastal dialects) which feature
the soft, fricative realizations common to all other Hispanic American and European dialects.

A a region in the northwest of Colombia, including the part

of the Andes in Colombia.[1] The Paisa region is formed by
the departments of Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda and
Quindo. Some regions of Valle del Cauca Department
(north) and Tolima Department(west) culturally identify
as paisas. The main cities of the Paisa region are Medelln
, Pereira, Manizales and Armenia.
The name Paisa derives from the Spanish apocope
of Paisano (countryman), but they are also known as
"Antioqueos" (those from the oldAntioquia, which
included the other Paisa provinces, which was a single
administrative body until the creation of the Caldas State
in 1905). Although many refer to Paisas as an ethnic
group (raza antioquea or raza paisa), they are a part of
the Colombians and Latin Americanpeoples. Paisa is
someone from