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Scirj Volume VII, Issue X, October 2019 Edition ISSN: 2201-2796 
Imminent Linguicide Of Indigenous Language In South-West, Nigeria: Causes, Consequences And Cure
ADERIBIGBE, Moronmubo Martina Abstract: Linguicide, the death of a language, is a gradual process that starts with language corruption, graduates to abandonment, and ultimately results in ethnocide, the death of an ethnic group, because if a language dies, the owners of the language cease to exist. Indigenous language is the local language of a people, spoken by the indigenes of the region. The importance of indigenous language cannot be over-emphasised. The ability to communicate clearly and effectively in one indigenous language shapens one personal identity as it strengthens such a person bond to his ethnic group. Apart from this, good health, reduction of suicide and chronic diseases have been traced by many researchers to ability to communicate in their indigenous languages. It is also proven that the heart and soul is contacted with indigenous language. For instance, there was an undergraduate student of a South-Western state University in Nigeria who suddenly ran berserk without a cause and all efforts to calm him down proved abortive. An old man who witnessed the incidence suggested that his lineage praise (oríkì) be chanted to him, this mysteriously calmed him down. If he did not understand the language of the oríkì, it might not have had such effect on him. Reference this Paper: Imminent Linguicide Of Indigenous Language In South-West, Nigeria: Causes, Consequences And Cure by ADERIBIGBE, Moronmubo Martina published at: "Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume VII, Issue X, October 2019 Edition, Page 1-14 ". Search Terms: Linguicide, Language Corruption, Indigenous Language, South-West Nigeria [Read Research Paper] [Full Screen] |
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