Ekinematics:
No SE city should be on that list.
My list based on number of speakers will be;

1. PH
2. Benin
3. Warri
4. Lagos
5. Yenagoa
5. Calabar

From my own experience in these locations you mentioned I would put Warri first, Benin second, Port Harcourt third, and the rest can follow.

Ovokoo:

I needed to add one city from the east and one from the west, hence the reason for Owerri and Ibadan.

U didn't need to. If all the pidgin cities aren't in the east or the west would u still add them? Besides if yenegoa is a city then Sapele and Ughelli must be on that list

Ekinematics:


It's a funny list. Take PH to number 1, because no city in Naija has more pidgin English speakers than PH. Warri just have their own accent that's all. Pidgin speakers in PH as compared 2 Warri is like 3:1.

Guy try reach warri U go know wetin regulate mean.

gerg:
I'm not here to argue with you. I don't know what Igbo or not Igbo has got to do with my comment. You're here to derail this thread once again because your Igbo brothers will troop in here and start their land grabbing activities. For your information, the so called Igbos you're talking about don't have anything in common with your SE. that's in terms of attitude and character. they're simply Deltans and behave just like every other Deltans.

Land grabbing abah,

atuanso84:
shout to my agbasa brothers Esi layout..igbi, lower/upper erejuwq boys. ..okere road, warri sapele road. cementary boys...

warri no de speak pidgin/ warri na pidgin.

AREA!!

Na only inside Warri u dey hail so o. U nor hail Effurun or Enerhen or Orhuwhorun/DSC

ceejay4real:


Do you have anything against the South East? What's so special about pidgin English? Is it now a part of the national cake? You are just a tribal bigot cos your post makes no sense! I think the OP is right on Owerri cos Owerri is the most Cosmopolitan city in the South East. The irony of it all is that you may not have even been to the SE before! The city has 6 higher institutions and attracts thousands of visitors every weekend, so pidgin is widely spoken even by the elderly folks! So stop ranting unnecessarily and go get yourself a life! You can ring me up this weekend let me take you to the Cobana and many other awesome clubs and hotels. I bet you wouldn't want to go back to your red roof Republic! Anuofia!

Broda I no get anything against SE oo.
But as e concern pidgin matter no SE city folo, coz na ibo u go dey hear there. At least I've stayed for 1 week in Umuahia, Aba, Enugu and Owerri.
Remember I didn't put Uyo. Though a SS city but na Ibibio u go dey hear there.

Ovokoo:

In terms of percentage there are more pidgi speakers in Benin than lafos but Lagos has more pidgin English speaking population than Benin. Even the Non-Yoruba people living in lagos are more than the population of the whole Edo state talk more of Benin. In terms of language spoken in Lagos, i'll rate it in this order, English, pidgin, Yoruba.

Lie. English and Yoruba, then pidgin

erico2k2:

Guy try reach warri U go know wetin regulate mean.

Read my post. I've stayed in both cities. Don't confuse accent and slang 4 number of speakers.

Ekinematics:



You guys mistake accent for number of speakers. I've lived in both PH and Warri. There are way more pidgin english speakers in PH than Warri. What makes Warri pidgin popular is the accent and maybe the slang.

YOU have said it, Pidgin is slang, end off.I have asked all teh pidgin English speakers in lagos to decode waht Iw rote up there,I still dey wait.

Dapsonemmanuel:
to me i feel lag should top that list .. there's even this thing with posh pidgin trending in lag nw and besides most pidgin slang were created in lag

I laugh at you in the 5 Languages of Warri. Pidgin slang created in Lagos? Even the legendary "U don baff" nobi Lagos slang. U know wetin e mean if person too say "I go cover you"? U nova riri baff

Ekinematics:



Read my post. I've stayed in both cities. Don't confuse accent and slang 4 number of speakers.

there was never a topic on numbers of speakers rather how many times its spoken by men on ground, its quite simple.There is no ambiguity.

airsaylongcon:


I laugh at you in the 5 Languages of Warri. Pidgin slang created in Lagos? Even the legendary "U don baff" nobi Lagos slang. U know wetin e mean if person too say "I go cover you"? U nova riri baff

ahaha E don tay I hear dat language *I go cover U oh,nobody 4 lagos know wetin dat mean i swear, unless u grow up in warri/sapel because like this nobodey dey use dat language again.

erico2k2:

YOU ust said it, Pidgin is slang, end off.I have asked all teh pidgin English speakers in lagos to decode waht Iw rote up there,I still dey wait.

I no need decode anything coz if I gee u my own u too no go even reason decoding u go just leave am like dat.
Slang and accent differs. Some slangs may not even b all over d city buh within a group of friends.

Ekinematics:



Broda I no get anything against SE oo.
But as e concern pidgin matter no SE city folo, coz na ibo u go dey hear there. At least I've stayed for 1 week in Umuahia, Aba, Enugu and Owerri.
Remember I didn't put Uyo. Though a SS city but na Ibibio u go dey hear there.

Forget SE, 4 there nah Igbo or English then tafia pidgin.

Ekinematics:



You guys mistake accent for number of speakers. I've lived in both PH and Warri. There are way more pidgin english speakers in PH than Warri. What makes Warri pidgin popular is the accent and maybe the slang.

tahh... lagos pidgin get more slangs than warri inhibitants pidgin speakers

Repping yenagoa proudly...c

Ekinematics:



I no need decode anything coz if I gee u my own u too no go even reason decoding u go just leave am like dat.
Slang and accent differs. Some slangs may not even b all over d city buh within a group of friends.

Guy no pidgin U go code wey me nor fit decode, I go U your grans. as far as nah pidgin English, nor add yoruba or igbo or any other language join
I pose dey wait you.at least i go get %85 of wetin U talk or mean, oyah shoot

erico2k2:

there was never a topic on numbers of speakers rather how many times its spoken by men on ground, its quite simple.There is no ambiguity.

The prevalence of a language depends on d number of speakers. The topic need not be named the way I put it, but it's saying the same thing.

Dapsonemmanuel:
tahh... lagos pidgin get more slangs than warri inhibitants pidgin speakers

oyah tell us one slang nah, nor B to dey rake online, write down one slang

erico2k2:

ahaha E don tay I hear dat language *I go cover U oh,nobody 4 lagos know wetin dat mean i swear, unless u grow up in warri/sapel because like this nobodey dey use dat language again.

When dem even remix am to "I go load you". With slang like sway, bounce etc

Ekinematics:


The prevalence of a language depends on d number of speakers. The topic need not be named the way I put it, but it's saying the same thing.

Nop, you can not adjust the topic to reflect your own reasoning simply cos it dont fit into your Bag.Stick to what the topic says or better still create a new one and we will all B more than happy to contribute.

erico2k2:
OK I want to write a simple pidgin English,Plz lagosians we sabi re write it in simple English


*Akpos abeg wetin dey, arrange me H*,if bross arrange me I go square you back*.
This should be very simple.

Bros e be like d lagosians wey dey here nor fit dissolve this your pidgin, but as a Benin girl based on me n you dey speak almost d same pidgin I go help them dissolve am
Meaning:
Akpos what's up? borrow me #100, when Bros (elder brother) gives me money, I will pay you back

erico2k2:

Guy no pidgin U go code wey me nor fit decode, I go U your grans. as far as nah pidgin English, nor add yoruba or igbo or any other language join
I pose dey wait you.at least i go get %85 of wetin U talk or mean, oyah shoot

Mind u I no b igbo or yoruba oo. SS 2d core. Ijaw 2b precise!

airsaylongcon:


When dem even remix am to "I go load you". With slang like sway, bounce etc

Guy relax if I wose U with my own slang u go take off go Igbudu mkt go buy kpomo

Ekinematics:


Mind u I no b igbo or yoruba oo. SS 2d core. Ijaw 2b precise!

Nothing spoil nah B say my message nor B 4 u nah.

repogirl:
OP, compared to other states in Nigeria, the southern states are the most pidgin speaking.
From Edo state down to Bayelsa, our Lingua na the very Pidgin language. I'm surprised Yenagoa no dey the list...Abi no be city again?

na because u don msrry make me no rap d necessary words for ur ear

Dapsonemmanuel:
tahh... lagos pidgin get more slangs than warri inhibitants pidgin speakers

Then ask yourself. The people speaking the slangs in your Lagos where are they from? I guess they must be Yoruba guys . U are still a learner

babeflenz:


Bros e be like d lagosians wey dey here nor fit dissolve this your pidgin, but as a Benin girl based on me n you dey speak almost d same pidgin I go help them dissolve am
Meaning:
Akpos what's up? borrow me #100, when Bros (elder brother) gives me money, I will pay you back

Lagosians Unu see am, shey I tell unu say una dey learn
Nice one there my sister three gbosa 4 U,
this is what I have been saying,warri pidgin is hard to dissolve, we can speak for one hour about you and you wont be any wiser and its all pidgin
Unto say sapele,warri,Benin pidgin close you must understand wetin I yan full ground.
Once again three gbosa 4 U.

erico2k2:

Nop, you can not adjust the topic to reflect your own reasoning simply cos it dont fit into your Bag.Stick to waht teh topic says or better still create a new one and we will all B more than happy to contribute.

Lol, I hear u Sir. I just feel say make I correct some wrong perceptions. Coz me don live 4 Warri 8yrs and PH 4yrs, so I know wetin I dey yarn.

Ekinematics:



Lol, I hear u Sir. I just feel say make I correct some wrong perceptions. Coz me don live 4 Warri 8yrs and PH 4yrs, so I know wetin I dey yarn.

aha Nothing spoil, nah we we, like dis PH is where I call Home now.

unstableaswater:


If u are talking about accent and style try Sierra Leone, Warri will look like child play but if u are talking scale and population, warri is an ant compared to the giant that is Lagos.

Lagos is the English and Pigeon English capital of Nigeria followed by Abuja, then Warri, Port Harcourt, Benin and Asaba

That Sierra Leone own is baaaaaaad. But to say Lagos is the "Pigeon" English capital of Nigeria is to give yourself away. Warri is the eternal capital of Nigerian pidgin #fact

erico2k2:

Lagosians Unu see am, shey I tell unu say una dey learn
Nice one there my sister three gbosa 4 U,
this is what I have been saying,warri pidgin is hard to dissolve, we can speak for one hour about you and you wont be any wiser and its all pidgin
Unto say sapele,warri,Benin pidgin close you must understand wetin I yan full ground.
Once again three gbosa 4 U.

I hail you Bros..