Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Yoruba, Hausa and the Igbo. These ethnic groups consist of multiple tribes enumerating up to 371. Nevertheless, the multi-tribal nature of the nation may put someone at a loss, especially when these certain tribes start to display their unique culture, dialect, etc. To this end, a full list of the 371 tribes in Nigeria is provided for a better understanding and comprehension of the beautiful and united country called Nigeria. Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the entire country due to the fact that other languages have been around for over a thousand years making them the major languages in terms of number of native speakers. Over 500 languages are spoken among its about 230 million people. This is a result of the number of existing ethnic groups, some of the popular languages spoken in Nigeria are listed as follows; as Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Kanuri, Ijaw, Ibibio, Edo, Fulfude, Tiv etc.

List of ethnic groups

The following is a non-exhaustive list of ethnic groups in Nigeria.

References

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Ethnic An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

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