0 LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT AND THE DILEMMA OF TIV LANGUAGE: TIV ETHNIC LANGUAGE LITERATURE TO THE RESQUE BY ANDREW, PHILIPS ADEGA E-MAIL: andyadega@yahoo.com /andy4everyoung@gmail.com MOBILE PHONE NOS. 08055220744; 07031280203 DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY, BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI – NIGERIA. FOR- “THE SALT OF THE SYSTEM”: FESTCHRIFT IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR TYOHDZUAH PAULINUS AKOSU @60 MARCH, 2013