Having established in this piece that Nigerian English is a full-fledged variety of English, what remains open to debate is whether everything uttered by a Nigerian can simply be labelled Nigerian English.
Being the most geographically dispersed language in the world, the English language has been nativised in different parts of the world to reflect the sociocultural realities of its host communities. Since language is a carrier of thoughts and the ultimate tool for the construction of worldviews and
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