caa a22 4500 378900617 CHVBK 20180305123517.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041029xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.131 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.131 Oppressing the oppressed: the threats of Hausa and English to Nigeria's minority languages [Elektronische Daten] [Herbert Igboanusi, Lothar Peter] In Nigeria, English is generally perceived as a dominant language. The dream of "one north” makes Hausa a lingua franca in northern Nigeria, with the potential of annihilating the over 200 indigenous languages spoken in that region. However, the increasing wave of ethnic consciousness as well as the ongoing agitations for the rights of minority languages have raised questions on the continued domination of minority languages by Hausa and English. Using data from a language-use questionnaire among northern and southern minority language speakers, the study shows that Hausa and English are fast replacing minority mother tongues in informal domains and situational contexts which are expected to be dominated by mother tongues. © Walter de Gruyter Sociolinguistics nationallicence Igboanusi Herbert University of Ibadan. aut Peter Lothar Humboldt University, Berlin. aut International Journal of the Sociology of Language Walter de Gruyter 2004/170(2004-10-29), 131-140 0165-2516 2004:170<131 2004 2004 ijsl https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.131 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl.2004.2004.170.131 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Igboanusi Herbert University of Ibadan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peter Lothar Humboldt University, Berlin aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of the Sociology of Language Walter de Gruyter 2004/170(2004-10-29), 131-140 0165-2516 2004:170<131 2004 2004 ijsl CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter