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    An assessment of the ethnolinguistic vitality of TIV
    (department of English, Nasarawa State University, Keffi,Nasarawa State., 2015-01-05) Iorfa Adizape, caesar.; Antor, Joy.
    The focus of this research is the ethno linguistic vitality of Tiv language and culture in their relations with the neighbouring ethnic groups, and also their interaction with English language. Areas investigated are Ukum, Katsina-Ala, Gum a., Gw er-west Local government areas respectively. The researchers shall use primary and secondary sources to collect data. The primary sources shall involve oral interviews and the use of language helpers while the secondary sources include publication works on the cultures and languages of tribes and other linguistic text. People who do not know much of Tiv Language are likely to have no respect for Tiv culture and the erosion of the Tiv nation’s brotherly ways of doing things. In language, it is our conceptualizations that are labeled with words. These works shall benefit upcoming youth of the Tiv nation and the entire Tiv nation so as to protect, preserve and be proud of their language and culture. It shall also benefit other small communities in the domain.