Which of dem we go speak? …
One metre --This popular song, sung by Evi Edna Ogholi, is a nice description of the extreme language diversity of Nigeria. According to the lists of languages found in reference books like the Ethnologue and the index of Nigerian Languages, there are more than 500 languages spoken in Nigeria. This means that about one-quarter of the languages of Africa are located in Nigeria. Only Papua New Guinea has more languages.
We travel to Umunede, we go speak Isoko,
We travel to Borno, say na Fulfulde,
We travel to Ughelli, dem go speak Urhobo,
We travel to Buguma, say na Kalabari,
We travel to Kaduna, dem go speak Hausa,
We travel to Okene, dem go speak Ebira,
We travel to Abbi, dem go speak Kwale,
Ogomola, dem go speak Okrika,One kilometre means another language,
half a kilometre means another language, …
One metre …We travel to Sokoto, dem go speak Fulani,
We go to Benin City, dem go speak Edo,
We travel to Onitsha, dem go speak Igbo,
We travel to Asaba-Asa, den Bendel we go,
We travel to Gboko, dem say na Tiv,
We travel to Otukpa, dem go speak Idoma,
We travel to Akure, dem go speak Yoruba,
We travel to Ase, dem go speak Aboh,
We travel to Uyo, na Ibibio,We travel, we travel, we travel travel travel …
All I'm saying, Lingua franca …
One metre …We travel to Patani, dem go speak Izon,
We travel to Vom, dem go speak Berom,
We travel to Ekpoma, dem go speak Esan,
We travel to Auchi, dem go speak Etsako,
We travel to idah, dem go speak Igala,
We travel to Bida, dem go speak Nupe,
We travel to Ogbakiri, dem go speak Ikwere
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