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Originally Posted by chaot
Do you think they speak English in 'Yoruba country'? I don't!
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Well I know they do - speak and write in English!
Most of your so-called "Yoruba country" is in Nigeria, the rest is in Benin and Togo. The official language of of Nigeria is English, most Nigerians can speak and write in it, I know this is true because I been there a couple of times!
Nigerians writers have won and been nominated for the Man Booker Prize - arguably the most prestigious award for creative writing in English there is. Some of them probably spoke Yoruba too.
Here is a picture of
People outside some shops in Lagos. It's not some upper middle class shopping mall, look at the signage. Likely as not some of those people speak Yoruba, and well as being able to read and write in English.
Most sub-Saharan Africans can speak at least two languages, and often three or four, one of which will usually be that of their former colonial rulers, French, English, Portuguese etc - because that is the official language, and what's used at schools and colleges etc.
BR