• Nigerian Pidgin, also known as Naija or Naijá in scholarship, is an English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language...
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    of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin – an English-based creole – is spoken by over 60 million people. The major native languages, in terms of population...
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  • A pidgin /ˈpɪdʒɪn/, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do...
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    Naìjíríyà, Yoruba: Nàìjíríà, Nigerian Pidgin: Naijá [ˈnaɪ.dʒə], Fula: Naajeeriya, Tyap: Naijeriya NigeriaSat-1, NigeriaSat-2, NigeriaSat-X, NigComSat-1, and...
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  • African Pidgin English, also known as Guinea Coast Creole English, is a West African pidgin language lexified by English and local African languages. It originated...
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  • nation (e.g. senior wife). Nigerian Pidgin, a pidgin derived from English, is mostly used in informal conversations, but the Nigerian Standard English is used...
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  • English Micronesian Pidgin English Nauru Pidgin English New Zealand Pidgin English Nigerian Pidgin Papua New Guinea Pidgin Papuan Pidgin English (distinct...
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  • origin. The monogenesis hypothesis posits that a single language, commonly called proto–Pidgin English, spoken along the West African coast in the early...
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  • public speeches in the language. Krio is an English-based creole from which descend Nigerian Pidgin English and Cameroonian Pidgin English and Pichinglis...
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  • from Nigeria. Nigerian settler influence has played a major role in the development and use of the language. GhaPE is a variety of West African Pidgin English...
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  • News Pidgin is an online news service in West African Pidgin English that was launched by the BBC World Service in 2017. It is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Pidgin...
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    collectively dajaj. Languages of Chad Languages of Cameroon Varieties of Arabic The term "Shuwa Arabic" in a strict meaning only refers to the Nigerian dialects...
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  • Barikanchi pidgin, Barikanci, or Bastard Hausa is a pidgin of the Hausa language spoken in Nigeria. Barikanci is used by the Nigerian Armed Forces to ensure...
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  • African Pidgin English (multiple varieties) (Guinea Coast) Kru Pidgin English Liberian Interior Pidgin English Nigerian Pidgin Cameroonian Pidgin English...
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    Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole (Cameroon Pidgin: Wes Cos, from West Coast), is a language variety of Cameroon. It is also known as Kamtok...
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  • A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means...
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  • (Haramci) Doka, 2013 Nigerian Pidgin: Law Wey Dem Make In 2013 Wey Block Marriage Between Man And Man, And Woman And Woman "Nigeria: Obasanjo Must Withdraw...
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  • Ehen! (category Nigerian slang)
    traced to the Nigerian Pidgin language, which developed as a result of linguistic interactions between various ethnic groups, local languages, and English...
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  • Nigeria Languages of Nigeria Nigerian cuisine Nigerian Pidgin 45619 Nigeria, a British LMS Jubilee Class locomotive HMS Nigeria, a light cruiser of the Royal...
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  • widely spoken language in Ethiopia, and is known by most people who speak another Ethiopian language. Creoles, such as Nigerian Pidgin in Nigeria, are used...
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    2023) Japanese at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Nigerian Pidgin at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) List of languages by total number of speakers at Ethnologue (26th...
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  • verbal infinitives. Liberian English Krio language, an English-based creole spoken in Sierra Leone Nigerian Pidgin Kolokwa English at Ethnologue (25th ed...
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  • by Nigerian singer Charles Onyeabor which was released on 17 November 2023. The album comprises twenty tracks and was recorded in English, Nigerian Pidgin...
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    Prime 9ja Online (category English-language newspapers published in Nigeria)
    In Pidgin Language Launches In Nigeria". TheTimes.com.ng. Retrieved April 7, 2023. Official website in English language Official website in Nigerian pidgin...
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    of two or more Nigerian languages is widespread. Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba are the most widely used Nigerian languages. Nigerian Pidgin is used widely as...
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  • Deaths in November 2021 (category Articles with Nigerian Pidgin-language sources (pcm))
    Dangote brother Sani, Vice President of Dangote Group don die (in Nigerian Pidgin) The Rt. Rev. Alex D. Dickson, Jr. - September 9, 1926 -- November...
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    Pickaninny (category Articles containing Cameroon Pidgin-language text)
    several variants become widely used in pidgin languages, meaning 'small'. This term is common in the creole languages of the Caribbean, especially those which...
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  • Aproko (category Nigerian slang)
    Aproko is a word in Nigerian Pidgin that means someone who pokes his/her nose into other people's affairs. It is also used to describe gossip and anyone...
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  • The Nigerian Naira notes are the official banknotes of Nigeria, the currency of which is the Nigerian Naira (NGN). The Naira is subdivided into 100 kobo...
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    community of volunteer editors, started on 15 January 2001 as an English-language encyclopedia. Non-English editions were soon created: the German and Catalan...
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