Abstract
This article discusses how language as a cultural identity is used towards promoting socio economic status of speakers’ specifically in some part of southern zone of Adamawa State, Nigeria. More specifically, it explores the responses of six respondents through the means of an in-depth interview and probing carried out as a pilot research precisely in Ganye local government area. With the aid of purposive sampling technique, the respondents consists of four males and two females who are all engaged in form of occupation or the other and they are between ages of twenty-five and sixty years old. The primary data were derived through the aid of in-depth interviews and probing by the selected respondents as a result of purposive sampling technique. The interviews sections took approximately ten and fifteen minutes for each respondent. The results demonstrated that understanding language as a cultural identity helps in promoting the economy of its target speakers’. Similarly, the research showed two main themes that were embedded in the responses of the interviewees. The identified themes are: language as a cultural identity is used as a means towards enhancing economy of speakers and language as an identity is a window for speaker to enjoy certain privileges. In a nutshell, the article recommends that future studies should examines language as a cultural identity in other domains using different approach.
Keywords: Language, Cultural Identity, Socio Economy, Status, Speakers
DOI: 10.36349/zamijoh.2025.v03i01.013
author/Mohammed Bello & Mahdi Abubakar Abba
journal/Zamfara IJOH Vol. 3, Issue 1
