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In his Biu Emirate Studies Series (BESS), Dr Usman, President of Folklore Society of Nigeria, redirects scholarly attention to the very fabric of Biu Emirate society - its people and culture, and then goes further to detect threats to their survival in our fast-changing world. This book, Language Disappearance and Cultural Diversity in Biu Emirate, is the second book in this series. Here, Dr. Usman explores the phenomenon of language disappearance around the world, pinning down the issues through a diachronic research into his multi-lingual Biu area in North-Eastern Nigeria. What emerges from his case-specific enquiry are not only frightening facts and figures portraying the stark realities of language endangerment but also learned pointers to effective ways of revitalizing and restoring threatened or even dying mother tongues.
The importance of this study is underscored by Professor of Linguistics Andrew Haruna: "The languages of the Biu-Mandara (Central Chadic) sub-branch of the Chadic family are mainly found in the Biu Emirate... Apart from Babur/Bura, Marghi, Kanakuru, Kibaku (Chibok), most of the languages of the area are spoken by few thousand speakers and the languages are generally not being passed down to children...the book contributes to the discussion leading to an enhanced understanding of the actual situation of language endangerment in the Biu Emirate which Dr. Usman being Babur/Bura himself brought to the fore." According to Prof. Chinyere Ohiri, former President of Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Dr Usman’s Language Disappearance and Cultural Diversity in Biu Emirate is "a book that...takes the issue of language endangerment seriously (and) has done so from the firsthand experience of its author... The book provides a potent case study of... numerous minority languages...chronicling some of the historical, socioeconomic, political and educational factors that have steadily led these languages to the path of endangerment and possible extinction."
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The importance of this study is underscored by Professor of Linguistics Andrew Haruna: "The languages of the Biu-Mandara (Central Chadic) sub-branch of the Chadic family are mainly found in the Biu Emirate... Apart from Babur/Bura, Marghi, Kanakuru, Kibaku (Chibok), most of the languages of the area are spoken by few thousand speakers and the languages are generally not being passed down to children...the book contributes to the discussion leading to an enhanced understanding of the actual situation of language endangerment in the Biu Emirate which Dr. Usman being Babur/Bura himself brought to the fore." According to Prof. Chinyere Ohiri, former President of Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Dr Usman’s Language Disappearance and Cultural Diversity in Biu Emirate is "a book that...takes the issue of language endangerment seriously (and) has done so from the firsthand experience of its author... The book provides a potent case study of... numerous minority languages...chronicling some of the historical, socioeconomic, political and educational factors that have steadily led these languages to the path of endangerment and possible extinction."
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For immediate download of the soft copy of this book @ $19.99 only, click here.