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Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by maxsiollun: 1:48pm On Sep 22, 2010 |
Brimming with life, playful and illustrative, Nigerian Pidgin English lends itself well to creativity, evolving quickly and readily borrowing from current events.http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68J2OG20100920?pageNumber=2 Well its about time this happened. Pidgin English has been Nigeria’s lingua franca for decades, but it appears that plans are afoot to turn it into an official language – not just slang. Nigerian academics have created a “Naija Languej Akademi” to create a Pidgin reference guide including a Pidgin alphabet, dictionary, a standard guide for orthography, and a history of the language. Pidgin evolved from a contact language developed in the 1400s to trade with the Portuguese and the British in the southern Niger Delta. Pidgin uses borrow words from indigenous Nigerian languages such as Edo, Itsekiri and Yoruba. I look forward to the day when I see Professors of Pidgin, and students getting Masters Degrees in Pidgin! http://maxsiollun./2010/09/22/pidgin-english-to-become-a-formal-language/ |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by ChinenyeN(m): 2:46pm On Sep 22, 2010 |
Finally. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by maxsiollun: 12:16am On Sep 23, 2010 |
LOL, you seem very pleased about this. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Gamine(f): 12:49am On Sep 23, 2010 |
About time |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by ChinenyeN(m): 4:44am On Sep 23, 2010 |
maxsiollun:Of course. I see this as a welcomed development. I was even wondering how long it would take for such a decision to finally be made. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by SHEAU(m): 12:30pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
oyibo don tire me, abegi! |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by deepthroat(f): 12:31pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
finally. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Cogito(m): 12:33pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
I'm very excited about this. Now can somebody please translate Facebook into Pidgin? After all they have English Pirate. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by semid4lyfe(m): 12:36pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
It's long overdue. . .dem suppose don do am tey tey sef. I'm sure Sagaman will burst a vein because of this . |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by usbcable(m): 12:42pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
which of the dialect's will be made standard; 1 waffi 2 aboki 3 yoruba 4 calabar to mention a few. 1 Like |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Nobody: 12:51pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
una do well |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by GOZILLA(m): 12:56pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
yes o! |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by ChinenyeN(m): 12:57pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
usbcable:Common Pidgin. Even, I think it [common pidgin] is relatively the same for West Africa, in general. Feel free to correct me, if I'm wrong. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Guyman02: 12:59pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
The National Assembly should declare every wednesday as pidgin language days in their seatings. That way dem go dey yearn wetin we go quick dey understand. Allakwa, with pidgin english corruption will disappear from Naija. Instead of saying 'the Governor of AZ state who swore an oath of allegiance to the constitution has been accused of embezzlement, looting or corruption' (which means nothing in this country), we should rather say 'the Govanor of AZ state dip hand inside our state money come thief 500 million Naira if him say na lie make e come swear to Otumokpo wey one konk juju man from Ijebu Ijesha don arrange. I tell you corruption will disappear. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by ChinenyeN(m): 1:03pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Guyman02: |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by MissyB3(f): 1:06pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
I don happy die. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Gamine(f): 1:06pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by chamber2(m): 1:16pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
atleast |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Ranoscky(m): 1:22pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Ok nau !!! |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Dsense(m): 2:10pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
I asume this as a bright step . |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Parnassuss(m): 2:12pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Guyman02:That na the correctest talk way man don hear for eye since I join this obonge Nairaground. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by denony(m): 2:16pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Guyman02: ROTFLMAO @topic na him be say schools wey dey this our obodo naija go start to dey teach pidgin nglishi E go better welu welu, make we dey know when them politicians go dey thief our money with big big grama, even barristers them dey use big nglishi commit person wey dey innocent, after big grama with the question (GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY) the innocent poor man go come use the fear of the nglishi carry "GUILTY" for weting him no do, LOL |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by semid4lyfe(m): 2:18pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
I don speak pidgin so much these past few years so tey I nor sabi speak English anymore. Anyway, ground go level with this pidgin. Nobody go dey form tushness, "chick" or "g-man" for me although I know se some people go still talk the pidgin with JD or yankee "oyinbo" accent Kai! My pidgin skills are weak. . .I too speak Queen's English when I bin dey small. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by texazzpete(m): 2:19pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Lol. This ain't gonna happen.
This logic is laughable. So because we're second users we need varieties of English, abi? We chose English as a national language because we needed a common language to communicate. We couldn't use Hausa or Yoruba or Igbo. That would never have worked. Now after taking that step someone is saying we need even more diversity and variety! No. |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Youngichou(m): 2:26pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
ChinenyeN:you are very funny. it sounds like you have been expecting this for long |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Youngichou(m): 2:30pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
This Means youths go dey Pass WAEC and NECO well well. Imagine where your pikin go blast A1 For pigin English. Omo na goat you go kill |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Gamine(f): 2:33pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
texazzpete: WE Chose Who is WE?? LOL |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by auwal87(m): 2:45pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Why not the Hausa Language? |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by ifyalways(f): 2:48pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Formal language at home,street,chruch abi school |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by akacoded: 2:51pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
, , guys make una tink am! if dem make pidgin english we official language,we pikin dem go fit to dey know book and understand wetin dey happen for we land, imagine ur lecturer for ur class dey teach una wit pidgin,imagine pastor for church dey preach wit pidgin, imagine d posibilities wey fit happen for we land, , but we fit try am oo, at least e go dey history sey we blaze trail for something abi una don hear say naija don blaze trail for somthing before?, lets go!!!! |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Ranoscky(m): 3:11pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
Imagine professor Soyinka speakin pidgin english sayin: Madam i want buy groundnut, shey u get guguru? |
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by 1102(m): 3:53pm On Sep 23, 2010 |
this thing dey sweet my belle wellu wellu~ |
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