The identity, survival, and promotion of minority languages in Nigeria

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 125, 1997, Pages 5-27

  Adegbija, Efurosibina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

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EID: 34247435766     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1997.125.5     Document Type: Article

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