Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

LIN 105 — Languages of the World

LIN department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

develop insight into the nature of languages in order to appreciate human diversity
identify the languages of the world, their distribution and relationship’; and
identify the features which distinguish them, and their language families

Course contents

Living and dead languages of the world. Origins of living and dead languages. Location, classification, relationship, status, functions, population of speakers and defining characteristics. Nigerian and African languages. Linguistically interesting features of each language family. Study of language universals.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study LIN 105.

LIN 105 — Languages of the World

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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