Repetitious phrases are also present in Nigerian Pidgin, such as, "koro-koro", meaning "clear vision", "yama-yama", meaning "disgusting", and "doti-doti", meaning "garbage".įurthermore, the use of the words of West African origin in Jamaican Patois "Unu" and Bajan dialect "wunna" or "una" – West African Pidgin (meaning "you people", a word that comes from the Igbo word "unu" or "unuwa" also meaning "you people") display some of the interesting similarities between the English pidgins and creoles of West Africa and the English pidgins and creoles of the West Indies, as does the presence of words and phrases that are identical in the languages on both sides of the Atlantic, such as "Me a go tell dem" (I'm going to tell them) and "make we" (let us). The presence of repetitious phrases in Caribbean Creole such as "su-su" (gossip) and "pyaa-pyaa" (sickly) mirror the presence of such phrases in West African languages such as "bam-bam", which means "complete" in the Yoruba language.
The pronunciation and accents often differ a great deal, mainly due to the extremely heterogeneous mix of African languages present in the West Indies, but if written on paper or spoken slowly, the creole languages of the Caribbean are for the most part mutually intelligible with the creole languages of West Africa. Linguists posit that this is because most of the enslaved that were taken to the New World were of West African descent. Nigerian Pidgin, along with the various pidgin and creole languages of West Africa share similarities to the various English-based Creoles found in the Caribbean. Relationship to other languages and dialects Similarity to Caribbean Creoles While pidgin is spoken by many, there are wide swathes of Nigeria where pidgin is not spoken or understood, especially among those without secular education in core northern parts of Nigeria. There are accounts of pidgin being spoken first in colonial Nigeria before being adopted by other countries along the West African coast. Nigerian Pidgin is most widely spoken in the oil state Niger Delta where most of its population speak it as their first language. Dialects of Nigerian Pidgin may include the Warri Sapele Umuahia Benin City Port Harcourt Lagos (particularly in Ajegunle) and Onitsha varieties. Nigerian Pidgin also varies from place to place. For example, "you no wan come ba?" which translates to "You don't want to come, right?" The Hausa often add ba at the end of an intonated sentence or question.
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Another Igbo word that is often used in Nigerian Pidgin is biko, which comes from the Igbo word for "please." For example, the sentence, "Biko free me." translates to "Please leave me alone." in English. Unu has also found its way to Jamaican patois, with the same meaning as in Nigerian Pidgin. For example, "Una dey mad" in Nigerian Pidgin translates to, "You people are crazy." in English. They are often used at the start or end of an intonated sentence or question: "You are coming, right?" becomes "Ṣebi you dey come?" or "You dey come abi?" Īnother example is the Igbo adding the word nna, also used at the beginning of some sentences, to show camaraderie: For example, "Man, that test was very hard." becomes "Nna mehn, that test hard no be small." Another Igbo word that has gotten precedence in pidgin is una, derived from the Igbo word unu which is equivalent to the English term "you people". For example, the Yorùbás use the words ṣebi and abi when speaking Pidgin. Many of the 250 or more ethnic groups in Nigeria can converse in the language, though many speakers will utilize words from their native tongues. In 2017, BBC started services in Pidgin, BBC News Pidgin. In 2011, Google launched a search interface in Pidgin English "Effect of Nigerian Pidgin English". Pidgin breaks the communication barrier between different ethnic groups and it is widely spoken throughout Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin is commonly used throughout the country, but it has not been granted official status. 3 Relationship to other languages and dialects.
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