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adekennis (m)
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Well i noticed this,we Nigerian often speak pidgin english more than britsh english we called our official language
in some offices even in a banks,its what av really noticed,we often speak pidgin english to our coleagues, even in some african countries
they also speaks this language.
buy my question is that where this PIDGIN english originate from?
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drrionelli (m)
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This is a good question. And, it might be helpful to people, like myself, who encounter Pidgin here, but are perplexed by its words and grammar.
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~Lady~ (f)
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my thoughts are when the english man came to us, we didn't exactly pronounce his language well and from there a "dirty" way of speaking it came to be. I believe it's also the same reason why haitians speak creole.
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adekennis (m)
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@lady thanks for d reply please nairalander i still need more responce  |
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NaJa HaJe (f)
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I think it originates from the colonial days. African were trying to incoporate the English language with their various dialects and so spoke 'english' by feelings and sound and also what it would mean if an english sentence were translated into their language. Pidgin English means broken english ---- this may mean language that is spoken with more nouns than anything else.  |
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naija_diva (f)
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my thoughts are when the english man came to us, we didn't exactly pronounce his language well and from there a "dirty" way of speaking it came to be. I believe it's also the same reason why haitians speak creole.
yeah, it makes sense. there's really no "one" place that started speaking it. People in different parts of the world just give it a different name and add their local dialects to it . In Hawaii and Papua new Guinea, they speak Pidgin, spelled Pijin(i think) buts is not exactly the same as Nigerian Pidgin English. |
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drrionelli (m)
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~Lady~ has an interesting idea, but isn't there a difference between a "creole" and a "pidgin" language?
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naija_diva (f)
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~Lady~ has an interesting idea, but isn't there a difference between a "creole" and a "pidgin" language?
i think they are still the same. here's a link that gives more info about pidgin/creole, its not a lot but its something. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin |
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