Translation Services for Nigeria

The Nigerian economy is considered to be one of the ‘Next 11’ emerging markets and as a translation services provider, it is our job to help your business connect with your customers through well presented, accurate and desirable copy.

Nigerian translation

Whether translating from English to a Nigerian language or translating a Nigerian language to English at Gemini Translation Services we only use native speaking translators whose mother tongue is the target language, meaning that the translator is fluent in both languages but only translate into their native tongue. Just one part of our Translation Quality model.

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Did you know?

There are more than 500 languages in Nigeria, which are spoken by different tribes and groups. The most popular local Nigerian languages are Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa-Fulani.

The geographic distribution of Nigeria's Niger-Congo languages is not limited to south-central Nigeria, as migration allows their spread to the linguistically Afro-Asiatic northern regions of Nigeria, as well as throughout West Africa and abroad. Yoruba is spoken as a ritual language in cults such as the Santeria in the Caribbean and South-Central America.

Some languages, particularly those with a large number of speakers, have been standardized and received a romanized orthography. Nearly all languages appear in a Roman script when written, often with modifications allowing for a language's particularities. The Yoruba, Igbo and Efik languages are notable examples of this process; Standard Yoruba came into being due to the work Samuel Crowther, the first African bishop of the Anglican Church and owes most of its lexicon to the dialects spoken in Ọyọ and Ibadan. Since Standard Yoruba's constitution was determined by a single author rather than by a consensual linguistic policy by all speakers, the Standard has been attacked regarding for failing to include other dialects and spurred debate as to what demarcates "genuine Yoruba". The more historically recent standardization and romanization of Igbo has provoked even more controversy due to its dialectical diversity, but the Central Igbo dialect has gained the widest acceptace as the standard-bearer.

The Afroasiatic languages of Nigeria divide into Chadic, Semitic and Berber. The Hausa language is the most well-known Chadic language in Nigeria. Hausa has therefore emerged as lingua franca throughout much of West Africa and the Sahel in particular. The language is spoken primarily amongst Muslims, and the language is often associated with Islamic culture in Nigeria and West Africa on the whole. Hausa is classified as a West Chadic language of the Chadic grouping, a major subfamily of Afroasiatic. Culturally, the Hausa people have become closely integrated with the Fulani following the jihadist establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate by the Fulani Uthman dan Fodio in the 19th century.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria

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