Nigerian Pidgin English

BBC News - in Pidgin!

A link to the BBC News Pidgin website, which contains articles written in West African Pidgin English. Since 2017 the service has offered coverage on events in Nigeria, broader West Africa, and the rest of the world.

Posted by Arianne Lin on February 4, 2025

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Nigerian Pidgin English;
Pidgins and Creoles

Bible Recording in Cameroon Pidgin

A recording made for religious purposes of a Bible passage in Cameroon Pidgin. West African Pidgin languages. [Published on 04-01-2023]

Posted by Kara Becker on April 6, 2023

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Nigerian Pidgin English

Nigerian Pidgin English accepted as unofficial second language

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This article shows how Nigerian Pidgin English is up and coming as more people are starting to listen to it and learn it.

Posted by Mmachi Nwoke on August 28, 2021

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Nigerian Pidgin English;
Change;
Language Shift

White man speaking Nigerian pidgin English

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This artifact present a white men in Nigeria bounding with Nigerian people and using a language easy for them to understand.

Posted by Bekang on May 10, 2018

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Ideology;
Nigerian Pidgin English;
Crossing

Nigerian Pidgin Speakers Struggle to Translate a Phrase Into "Proper English"

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This video shows speakers of Nigerian Pidgin English struggling to translate the phrase “This Ogbono soup too draw” into “proper English.” The video itself is a good example of how pidgin languages can have a majority of lexical features from one language, but cannot be directly translated due to the uniqueness of the created pidgin. The use of the phrase “proper English” in the title also shows the prescriptive ideology of language that the creator of the video possesses by labeling one way of speaking English as the “proper” way.

Pidgin English from Nigeria

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A video of two Nigerian Men who explain and give example of language divergence and Pidgin English.

Posted by Melissa Clair on July 28, 2016

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Globalization;
Multilingualism;
Nigerian Pidgin English

Nigerian Pidgin English accepted as unofficial second language

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A news story with examples of spoken NPE as well as cultural context for the shift in perception of the Creole Language.

Nigerian Opera Sung in Pidgin English

An article describing an opera written and sung by a speaker of Nigerian Pidgin English. [Published on 08-14-2015]

Posted by Kara Becker on September 1, 2015

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Nigerian Pidgin English;
Pidgins and Creoles