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Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a variety 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).
Gerrit is a Dutch male name meaning "brave with the spear", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard. People with this name include: People with this name include: Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962), Dutch poet
One rarely hears a Nigerian of non-Efik descent bear names such as Olokun, Ogun, Osun, Ala, Ikenga, Amadioha, Oto, Egbesu etc. In the case of the Efik, several names infer a personal relationship with the supreme being or deities and skip the protocol found in the average Nigerian name.
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The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of around 210 African languages [1] spoken by somewhere around 70 million speakers, [1] mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet.
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 British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most widely spoken lingua franca and spoken by over 60 million people.
This meaning has been included in the Oxford dictionary, acknowledging its widespread use in the Nigerian context. [2] [3] This contrasts with the ordinary meaning of the word in English, referring to the main idea or substance of something, or the most essential part of a complex matter.
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 .