REVITALIZATION OF SOME ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN RAFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NIGER STATE

This paper examines the role of population and domain of use in determining the level of endangerment as it affects the languages under study. The design of this research work is Analytical survey design. This method was adopted for this study because it suits the purpose of the study and it is consistent with, and relevant to the aims and objectives of the study. The target populations of this study are the people in the communities within the study area. The sample of this research work consist of sixty respondents i.e. twenty respondents representing each language in the study areas.