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  1. $Title{Table 3.: Major Ethnolinguistic Categories (in percent of total population)}
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  4. Ethnolinguistic                              Ethnolinguistic
  5.   Category                    Percent          Category                   Percent
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  7. Hausa ......................    21.0         Igala .....................     1.0
  8. Yoruba .....................    20.4         Idoma .....................      .9
  9. Ibo (Igbo) .................    16.6         Ebira (Egbirra) ...........      .8
  10. Fulani (Fulbe) .............     8.6         Gwari .....................      .7
  11. Kanuri .....................     4.1         Ekoi (Ejagham) ............      .6
  12. Ibibio .....................     3.6         Mumuye ....................      .5
  13. Tiv ........................     2.5         Alago .....................      .4
  14. Ijaw (Ijo) .................     2.0         Ogoni (Kana) ..............      .4
  15. Edo (Bini) .................     1.7         Isoko .....................      .3
  16. Anaang .....................     1.2         Subtotal ..................    89.7
  17. Nupe .......................     1.2         Other .....................    10.3
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  19. Urhobo .....................     1.2         TOTAL .....................   100.0
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  21. Source: Based on information from Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Information, Nigeria:
  22.         1978-1979 Official Handbook, Lagos, 1979, pp. 273-274.
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