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Difference Between Odara And Nigeria
Dialectal difference between an Louisiana and Nigeria native are distinctively different .The subject I choose to use in my Dialectal difference project focused on an Nigeria, Africa native named Odara. She has been in the United States 3 years and our dialects have both similarities and differences. Yoruba is the native language spoke in Nigeria, but English is the official language of Nigeria. Yoruba is Odara first language. She described to me speaking English is easy for her because Yoruba consist of code-switching between Yourba and English. The grammar and word choice Odara use in conversation is similar to my use. My subject revealed to me her native language has seven oral and five nasal vowels. The biggest dialectal difference between
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