Ubang. Credit/BBC
Ubang in Nigeria? Village where men and women speak different languages
Story of Ubang, a farming community in southern Nigeria, is fascinating. In Ubang, men and women say they speak different languages. But they understand each other perfectly.
But there are worries that this culture may go extinct as a result of civilisation, migration and western education.
The BBC with the original reports says the concern for disappearance of the Ubang native language mirrors what is happening across Nigeria. “In 2016 the Linguistic Association of Nigeria said that 50 of the nation’s 500 languages could disappear in the next few years if drastic measures were not taken.
Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa are Nigeria’s major languages, as well as English – used to foster unity in a country with numerous ethnic groups”, reports BBC. Read the original report here.
Ubang different languages for male and female