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2. Nigerian Pidgin - Wikipedia

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   Nigerian Pidgin is most widely spoken in the oil state Niger Delta where most of its population speak it as their first language. [10] There are accounts of pidgin being spoken first in colonial Nigeria before being adopted by other countries along the West African coast.

3. West African Pidgin English - Wikipedia

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   West African Pidgin English, also known as Guinea Coast Creole English, [2] is a West African pidgin language lexified by English and local African languages. It originated as a language of commerce between British and African slave traders during the period of the transatlantic slave trade. As of 2017, about 75 million people in Nigeria ...

4. Nigerian English - Wikipedia

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   Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a dialect of English spoken in Nigeria. [1] Based on British and American English, the dialect contains various loanwords and collocations from the native languages of Nigeria, due to the need to express concepts specific to the cultures of ethnic groups in the nation (e.g. senior wife).

5. List of English-based pidgins - Wikipedia

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   Kru Pidgin English. Liberian Interior Pidgin English. Micronesian Pidgin English. Nauru Pidgin English. New Zealand Pidgin English. Nigerian Pidgin. Papua New Guinea Pidgin. Papuan Pidgin English (distinct from Tok Pisin) Port Jackson Pidgin English (ancestral to Australian Kriol)

6. Pidgin - Wikipedia

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   Pidgin. A pidgin[1][2][3] / ˈpɪdʒɪn /, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages. It is most commonly employed in situations such as ...

7. Languages of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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   Pidgin, first used by British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century, [14] has replaced the native language for many Nigerians. Many Nigerians speak Nigerian Pidgin, a creole language based on English, which is a popular social and cultural language. [11]

8. List of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and cants based on ...

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   Rama Cay Creole. San Andrés–Providencia Creole (Raizal Creole English/Islander Creole English) Eastern Caribbean. Northern. Bahamian–Turks and Caicos Creole English (Lucayan Archipelago) Bahamian Creole. Turks and Caicos Creole English. Gullah language (Sea Islands Creole English) Afro-Seminole Creole.

9. Broken English - Wikipedia

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   Broken English. Broken English is a name for a non-standard, non-traditionally spoken or alternatively-written version of the English language. These forms of English are sometimes considered as a pidgin if they have derived in a context where more than one language is used. Under the most commonly accepted definition of the term, broken ...