Nigerian Pidgin

E55717

English-based creole creole language lingua franca

Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based creole widely used as a lingua franca across Nigeria in everyday communication, media, and popular culture.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Nigerian Pidgin canonical	136
Pidgin English	2
Ghanaian Pidgin English	1
Naija English	1
Naija Languej	1
Naija Pidgin	1
Nigerian Creole English	1
Nigerian Pidgin English	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English-based creole ⓘ creole language ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
developedFrom	West African Pidgin English ⓘ
developedIn	colonial period in Nigeria ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Broken ⓘ Broken English ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Naija Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ surface form: Naija English Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ surface form: Naija Languej Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ surface form: Naija Pidgin Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ surface form: Nigerian Creole English Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ surface form: Pidgin English
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers	millions of speakers ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	language of Nigerian popular music ⓘ language of Nigerian street culture ⓘ marker of Nigerian identity ⓘ
hasExampleWord	abeg ⓘ chop ⓘ dey ⓘ how far ⓘ pikin ⓘ una ⓘ wahala ⓘ waka ⓘ
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom	Nigerian indigenous languages ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom	Hausa ⓘ Igbo ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Yoruba ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom	Nigerian indigenous languages ⓘ
hasRegister	colloquial ⓘ informal ⓘ
hasStatus	language of wider communication in Nigeria ⓘ widely used informal language in Nigeria ⓘ
influencedBy	English ⓘ Hausa ⓘ Igbo people ⓘ surface form: Igbo Yoruba ⓘ various Nigerian languages ⓘ
languageFamily	English-based creole languages ⓘ
primaryLexifierLanguage	English ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn	Nigeria ⓘ
typicalWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca in Nigeria ⓘ
usedBy	Nigerian entertainers ⓘ people of different ethnic groups in Nigeria ⓘ urban youth in Nigeria ⓘ
usedIn	Nigerian comedy ⓘ Nigerian films ⓘ Nigerian media ⓘ Nigerian music ⓘ Nigerian popular culture ⓘ everyday communication in Nigeria ⓘ radio broadcasting in Nigeria ⓘ television broadcasting in Nigeria ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (144)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lagos → commonlySpokenLanguage → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ

Afrobeats → typicalLanguage → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ

Nollywood → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ

Eastern Nigeria → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ

Pichi language → closelyRelatedTo → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ