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2. Nigerian Pidgin - Wikipedia

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   Nigerian Pidgin, also known simply as Pidgin or Broken (Broken English) or as Naijá in scholarship, is an English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language is sometimes referred to as Pijin or Vernacular .

3. West African Pidgin English - Wikipedia

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   West African Pidgin English arose during the period of the transatlantic slave trade as a language of commerce between British and African slave traders. Portuguese merchants were the first Europeans to trade in West Africa beginning in the 15th century, and West African Pidgin English contains numerous words of Portuguese origin such as sabi ('to know'), a derivation of the Portuguese saber. [3]

4. Bible translations into constructed languages - Wikipedia

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   The LOLCat Bible Translation Project is a wiki-based website where editors aim to parody the entire Bible in "LOLspeak", the slang popularized by the LOLcat Internet phenomenon. LOLspeak has been called "kitty pidgin" and also been likened to baby talk. The project relies on contributors to adapt passages.

5. Aproko - Wikipedia

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   Aproko 101 is a Nigerian web series that features four friends who share their daily experiences and gossip. Aproko Doctor is a Nigerian health blogger and influencer who gives health tips and advice on social media. [4]

6. Languages of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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   There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.

7. Ghanaian Pidgin English - Wikipedia

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   Furthermore, unlike Nigerian pidgin, the use of Ghanaian pidgin is gendered. [citation needed] Student Pidgin originated in prestigious Ghanaian all-male secondary schools in the 1960s–1970s, [23] and there has been an ever-increasing number of female students now also using SP. A particularly basic variety used by illiterate speakers is ...

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   Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

9. Culture of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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   Apart from the speakers of standard English, a large portion of the population, roughly a third, speaks Nigerian pidgin, which has a primarily English lexicon. It has become a common lingua franca as a result. Pidgin English is a creolized form of the language. For instance, "How you dey" means "How are you".