State Language(s) & Ethnic Groups

Abia             Igbo  & Ibibio

Adamawa    Hausa, Fulfulde, Bachama, Mbula, Gude, Lunguda, Kanakuru, Yandand, Batta, Highi, Kilba, Bura, Yungur 

Akwa-Ibom   Ibibio, Annang, Oron, Mbe, Okobo, HuMbuno, Eket, Andoni (Obolo)

Anambra       Igbo 

Bauchi       Hausa, Fulfulde,

Bayelsa         Kolokuma (Izon)

Benue       Tiv, Idoma, Igede

Borno       Hausa, Kanuri, Fulfulde, Margi, Schwa, Babur

Cross River   Efik, Ejagham, Bekwara

Delta     Enuani, Ika, Ndokwa, Okpe, Urhobo, Isekiri, Isoko, Ijo, Delta Pidgin, Igbo

Ebonyi     Igbo

Edo     Edo (Bini), Esan, Esako, Okpameri, Owan

Ekiti     Yoruba

Enugu     Igbo

Gombe     Hausa

Imo     Igbo

Jigawa    Hausa


Kaduna    Hausa

Kano    Hausa

Katsina    Hausa

Kebbi   Hausa, Fulfulde, (Zabaramanchi)

Kogi     Yoruba, Ebira, Bassa, Igala, Igbira-Koto, Basankomo, (Kakanda, Oworo)

Kwara      Yoruba, Nupe, Baruteen, (Hausa)

Lagos      Yoruba, Egun

Nassarawa    Hausa

Niger    Hausa, Nupe, Gbagi, (Gwari), Kambari, Kamuku

Ogun     Yoruba

Ondo     Yoruba, Egberi (a dialect of Izon/Ijaw)

Osun     Yoruba

Oyo    Yoruba

Plateau     Berom, Ngas, Tarok, Mwahavul, Goemai, Eggon, Borghan (Hausa) (Fulfulde in preaching)

Rivers    Ikwere, Kalabari, Kana, Port Harcourt Pidgin (Special English)

Sokoto  Hausa, Fulfulde

Taraba   Hausa, Fulfulde, Mumuye, Junkun

Yobe   Hausa, Fulfulde, Kanuri, Bolewa, Badenchi, Karikari

Zamfara    Hausa