Nigerian pidgin
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Nigerian Pidgin developed from contact between English and Nigerian languages, and is spoken as a native language by 3-5 million people and as a second language by 75 million more. It originated as a way for different ethnic groups in Nigeria to communicate across language barriers, and is influenced by British colonization. While there are variations across Nigeria's 250+ ethnic groups, Nigerian Pidgin is most widely spoken in the Niger Delta region.
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Nigerian pidgin
- 2. Origins ● In some areas of Nigeria, ethnic groups speak more than one language. The official language of Nigeria, English, was chosen to facilitate the cultural and linguistic unity of the country, due to the influence of British colonisation that ended in 1960.
- 3. Dialect ● Nigerian Pidgin is the product of contact between English and Nigerian languages.
- 4. Speakers ● Nigerian Pidgin is the native language of approximately 3 to 5 million people and is a second language for at least another 75 million.
- 5. Variations ● Each of the 250 or more ethnic groups in Nigeria can converse in this language, though they usually have their own additional words.
- 6. Area ● Nigerian Pidgin is most widely spoken in the oil rich Niger-Delta where most of its population speak it as their first language. ● But other people speak pidgin differently and in their own ways all over Nigeria.