CHAPTER ONE

1.0      GENERAL INTRODUCTION

        This chapter of this Project work begins, by giving the general background to the study Multilingualism, and the National Language question in Nigeria. It then gives it purpose, Scope and Delimitation, then its justification is discussed.

1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

        A speech community is not always made up of speakers of just a single language. It is constituted of individuals who speak more than two languages. A society where two or more languages exist side by side, is refer to as a multilingual society, while a person that speaks more than two languages, is refer to as a multilingual person. Example of countries where more than two languages are spoken includes, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Paraguay, California etc to mention but a few.

        This project work will examine the multilingual Nature of the country Nigeria, and the National Language Question in Nigeria, which arises as a result of its Multilingual Nature.

        The importance of a language in a society can not be underestimated. Apart from being an instrument of communication, it is also an identity of such society. One obvious factor that distinguishes human beings, from animal is language. Language and society exist side by side, without language there will be no society as language serves as a binding force, binding the people together as one. It also serves as the mutual identity, of the people inhabiting such society.

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