The National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) is an autonomous inter-university centre for Nigerian language studies, regulated by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Established in 1993, it serves as the apex institution for the research, teaching, documentation, and coordination of studies in Nigerian languages.
Located in Aba, Abia State, the institute operates from a main campus in Akpaa, Ovom Community, and a city campus on New Umuahia Road. Its academic structure includes schools for Communication and Translation Studies, Education, and Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, alongside a postgraduate school. NINLAN offers diploma, NCE, undergraduate, and postgraduate programmes, as well as distance and e-learning options through its Centre for Distance and e-Learning. The institution also runs a consultancy service, a bookshop, and staff schools, including a nursery, primary, and secondary school.
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