Conrad Max Benedict Brann (July 20, 1925, in Rostock, Germany – June 23, 2014) was a German-British linguist and professor at University of Maiduguri in Nigeria. Brann opened a personal library in his living area that influenced the lives of language/linguistics students and English students.
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C.M.B. Brann in the context of National language
A national language is a language (or language variant, e.g. dialect) that has some connection—de facto or de jure—with a nation. The term is applied quite differently in various contexts. One or more languages spoken as first languages in the territory of a country may be referred to informally or designated in legislation as national languages of the country. National languages are mentioned in over 150 world constitutions.
C.M.B. Brann, with particular reference to India, suggests that there are "four quite distinctive meanings" for national language in a polity: