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37 relations: Abuja, Adamawa State, Afroasiatic languages, Bauchi State, Benue State, Berom people, Border, Borno State, Capital districts and territories, Christian, Ethnolinguistics, Fula people, Gombe State, Hausa people, Igbo people, Islam, Jos, Kaduna State, Kanuri people, Kebbi State, Kogi State, Kwara State, Languages of Africa, Minority group, Nasarawa State, Niger State, Niger–Congo languages, Nigeria, Nilo-Saharan languages, Pastoralism, Plateau State, Taraba State, The Jos Forum Inter-communal Dialogue Process, United Kingdom, United Middle Belt Congress, Yobe State, Yoruba people.
Abuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria located in the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Adamawa State
Adamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola.
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Afroasiatic languages
Afroasiatic (Afro-Asiatic), also known as Afrasian and traditionally as Hamito-Semitic (Chamito-Semitic) or Semito-Hamitic, is a large language family of about 300 languages and dialects.
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Bauchi State
Bauchi, usually referred to as Bauchi State to distinguish it from the city of Bauchi, is a state in northern Nigeria.
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Benue State
Benue State is one of the middle belt States in Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census.
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Berom people
The Berom (sometimes also spelt as Birom) is the largest autochthonous ethnic group in the Plateau State, central Nigeria.
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Border
Borders are geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities.
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Borno State
Borno, also known as Borno State, is a state in north-eastern Nigeria.
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Capital districts and territories
A capital district, capital region or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located.
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Christian
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Ethnolinguistics
Ethnolinguistics (sometimes called cultural linguistics) is a field of linguistics that studies the relationship between language and culture and how different ethnic groups perceive the world.
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Fula people
The Fula people or Fulani or Fulany or Fulɓe (Fulɓe; Peul; Fulani or Hilani; Fula; Pël; Fulaw), numbering between 40 and 50 million people in total, are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.
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Gombe State
Gombe, usually referred to as Gombe State to distinguish it from the city of Gombe, is located in the northeastern part of Nigeria, is one of the country's 36 states; its capital is Gombe.
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Hausa people
The Hausa (autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (m), Bahaushiya (f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa) are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.
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Igbo people
The Igbo people (also Ibo," formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria.
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Islam
IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).
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Jos
Jos is a city in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.
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Kaduna State
Kaduna, usually referred to as Kaduna State to distinguish it from the city of Kaduna, is a state in Northwest Nigeria.
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Kanuri people
The Kanuri people (Kanouri, Kanowri, also Yerwa, Bare Bari and several subgroup names) are an African ethnic group living largely in the lands of the former Kanem and Bornu Empires in Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon.
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Kebbi State
Kebbi is a state in north-western Nigeria with its capital at Birnin Kebbi.
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Kogi State
Kogi, a state in the central region of Nigeria.
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Kwara State
Kwara (Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà) is a state in Western Nigeria.
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Languages of Africa
The languages of Africa are divided into six major language families.
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Minority group
A minority group refers to a category of people differentiated from the social majority, those who hold on to major positions of social power in a society.
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Nasarawa State
Nasarawa is a state in north central Nigeria.
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Niger State
Niger or Niger State is a state in Central Nigeria and the largest state in the country.
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Niger–Congo languages
The Niger–Congo languages constitute one of the world's major language families and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers and number of distinct languages.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.
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Nilo-Saharan languages
The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by some 50–60 million people, mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet.
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Pastoralism
Pastoralism is the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock.
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Plateau State
Plateau is the twelfth largest state in Nigeria, and is located approximately in the center of the country.
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Taraba State
Taraba is a state in Nigeria, named after the Taraba River which traverses the southern part of the state.
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The Jos Forum Inter-communal Dialogue Process
The Jos Forum Inter-communal Dialogue Process refers to a peace process undertaken by communities living in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United Middle Belt Congress
United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC) was a political party in Nigeria during the nation's First Republic.
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Yobe State
Yobe is a state located in Northeast Nigeria.
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Yoruba people
The Yoruba people (name spelled also: Ioruba or Joruba;, lit. 'Yoruba lineage'; also known as Àwon omo Yorùbá, lit. 'Children of Yoruba', or simply as the Yoruba) are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Belt
