“I’ll Win Him” for “I’ll Defeat Him”
By Farooq Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Nigerians now increasingly say “he’ll win him” to mean “he’ll defeat him.” Even prominent politici...
Showing posts with label Nigerian languages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigerian languages. Show all posts
Anglophilia and Dying Nigerian Languages: A Personal Narrative
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. I have expressed concerns many times here about how wrongheaded Anglophilia (i.e., excessive admiration f...
Language Families in Nigeria
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. A language family is a group of languages that traces its descent to a common progenitor. That progenitor ...
The Arabic Origins of Common Yoruba Words
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. I am taking a break from English grammar this week to discuss a fascinating 22-page article I read on the...
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