• 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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