Joana ChineduIkpenwa
School of General Studies,Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state, Nigeria
Corresponding Author’s email: Jchy001@gmail.com
Abstract
The term multilingualism can be defined as a process whereby members of the community unconsciously or consciously acquire more than one language. It can also be seen as the use of two or more languages for the purpose of communication in a particular speech community. Therefore, Nigeria is a very good example of multilingual society. This paper therefore, introspects how multilingualism possess the problem of insecurity to the state of Nigeria.
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