No elected official or local group spoke in favor of the plan.

The problem was not that the two groups spoke a different tongue.

Try as they might to work together, the groups speak different languages.

A small group (1 percent) spoke German as their first language.

Smaller groups in various parts of the country speak about 30 other languages.

In some areas of Nigeria, ethnic groups speak more than one language.

These were groups based on the tongue, or language, that the group spoke.

Next, the political groups and other Members will speak.

Would the political groups like to speak following this communication from the Presidency?

These groups would usually speak Putonghua as a second language.