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Vice Chancellor, Delta State University Calls For Preservation Of The Uvwie Language

Prof. Roseline Oro Aziza, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka calls on native speakers of the Uvwie language spoken majorly in Delta State, Nigeria to make efforts at preserving the language. Prof. Aziza made the call during the 15th Coronation anniversary of the Ovie of Uvwie, HRM Dr. Emmanuel E. Sideso, Abe I, JP, OON, while stressing on some consequences if the Uvwie language should go extinct. According to Aziza, language is a characteristic factor that distinguishes one society from another, the custodian of a people’s culture and tradition and a means they identify themselves. According to Prof. Aziza, a child’s native language is called his ‘mother tongue’ not for want of adequate vocabulary but to emphasize the unique role the mother plays in helping the child become integrated into his society physically, mentally and psychologically. In Uvwie as well as most communities in Urhoboland today, Pidgin is the lingua franca and...