Some peoples say Pidgin English is from Portuguese.some say it is from Niger Delta from the Delta state peoples and some say it is from the Yoruba.I like to know.Share your opinion on this topic.

R U talking about Nigerian pidgin english or pidgin in general??

Yes Nigeria Pidgin English.

I see.

I dont know oooo.

OneNaija:

Some peoples say Pidgin English is from Portuguese.some say it is from Niger Delta from the Delta state peoples and some say it is from the Yoruba.I like to know.Share your opinion on this topic.

Actually pidgin English didn't start in Nigeria. It started from Sierra Leone keorle(i think i spelled it wrong) and liberian, the slaves brought that language back to West Africa and spread it to every nation in West Africa. if you haven't noticed, every west african country that speaks pidgin english dialect are similar to Nigerian ones except they call there's something else. We didn't start it, Sierra leones and Liberians did, Yoruba (i believe) perfected it for Nigeria.

I don't think so.I don't believe that either not even Yoruba i think. well I don't know and I don't think so.

Interesting topic.
now, we have pidgin(not pidgin English) and broken English. people usually take both as same.
Pidgin is a language used for communication by parties who do not speak same language. eg, when the Portuguese came to naija, they communicated in pidgin thereby bringing about words like pickin, boku(meaning plenty).
broken is a poorly structured english, which i believe we call pidgin in naija.
this is a very broad topic and i am looking to learn more.

Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based pidgin or creole language spoken as a kind of lingua franca across Nigeria that is referred to simply as "Pidgin", "Broken English" or "Brokan". Nigerian Pidgin English was greatly influenced by the Saro or Krios who infused words like "na" into Nigerian Pidgin. It is often not considered a creole language since most speakers are not native speakers, although many children do learn it early. Nonetheless it can be spoken as a pidgin, a creole, or a decreolised acrolect by different speakers, who may switch between these forms depending on the social setting. Its superstrate is English with Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo as the main substrate languages. Ihemere (2006) reports that Nigerian Pidgin is the native language of approximately 3 to 5 million people and is a second language for at least another 75 million. Variations of Pidgin are also spoken across West Africa, in countries such as Ghana, and Cameroon.

pidgin english in nigeria was derived from French, Portugese and English.

i belive 9ja pigin is from warfarians, i mean d 9ja deltans

Warfy Boy:

i belive 9ja pigin is from warfarians, i mean d 9ja deltans

That is sooo true,
Those Waffi people fit yarn pidgin like no man's business O!!.
It's a pleasure sometimes to just listen to them

iboboyz:

Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based pidgin or creole language spoken as a kind of lingua franca across Nigeria that is referred to simply as "Pidgin", "Broken English" or "Brokan". Nigerian Pidgin English was greatly influenced by the Saro or Krios who infused words like "na" into Nigerian Pidgin. It is often not considered a creole language since most speakers are not native speakers, although many children do learn it early. Nonetheless it can be spoken as a pidgin, a creole, or a decreolised acrolect by different speakers, who may switch between these forms depending on the social setting. Its superstrate is English with Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo as the main substrate languages. Ihemere (2006) reports that Nigerian Pidgin is the native language of approximately 3 to 5 million people and is a second language for at least another 75 million. Variations of Pidgin are also spoken across West Africa, in countries such as Ghana, and Cameroon.

Voted best answer in regards the subject.

Pidgin did not originate in Nigeria as stated above. There are variations spoken in most Anglophone countries including "english speaking" cameroon that are comprehendable by most parties. Its origins are Krio which is why till date there are similarities with West indies pidgin and West African pidgin e.g "Unu" vs "Una".

Rebirth:

pidgin english in nigeria was derived from French, Portugese and English.

Dutch too.

Warfy Boy:

i belive 9ja pigin is from warfarians, i mean d 9ja deltans

comfirm! no mind dem

kaghoe:

Interesting topic.
now, we have pidgin(not pidgin English) and broken English. people usually take both as same.
Pidgin is a language used for communication by parties who do not speak same language. eg, when the Portuguese came to naija, they communicated in pidgin thereby bringing about words like pickin, boku(meaning plenty).
broken is a poorly structured english, which i believe we call pidgin in naija.
this is a very broad topic and i am looking to learn more.

Guy you are very right BUT! ! ! . . .
but do you know or realize that the Nigeria pidgin is spoken not as error but as a language

FYI Pidgin English, was born when early Africans or slaves tried to communicate with their colonial masters. It is a mix of different influences, but leans more to the colonial British English or Victorian English. upon close inspectin you'll be amazed how proper and accurate some of the words are compared to English in the dictionary. E.G Palaver (palava), Pickin (what the white us to refer to as negro children) vex (anger or temperance) etc pick any word in pidgin and check it out on the dictionary ull be amazed at how proper pidgin is. Others were just shortend words like "comot" derived from come out e.t.c

hilli666:

FYI Pidgin English, was born when early Africans or slaves tried to communicate with their colonial masters. It is a mix of different influences, but leans more to the colonial British English or Victorian English. upon close inspectin you'll be amazed how proper and accurate some of the words are compared to English in the dictionary. E.G Palaver (palava), Pickin (what the white us to refer to as negro children) vex (anger or temperance) etc pick any word in pidgin and check it out on the dictionary ull be amazed at how proper pidgin is. Others were just shortend words like "comot" derived from come out e.t.c

also born out of trade vis a vis early European contact.

tpiah:


also born out of trade vis a vis early European contact.

Correct

I read somewhere that pidgin english originates from the portugese during d colonial era when they trade off the coast of Nigeria and this ease the communication gap btw them then,for instance the word "sabi" means "know" in portugese hence you can hear a pidgin sentence like "i no sabi'' meaning 'i dont know'

Pidgin English came from the Portuguese when they Arrive the Southern Part of Nigeria which this the Niger Delta not even Lagos.I read the History.I believe it came from the Niger Delta part.Even the Yoruba Pidgin English is not even clear.

Wikipedia has a lot of answers,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Pidgin

nigerian pidgin is derived from chinese and japanese mixture ;d

PIDGIN A term used in both a general and a technical sense for a CONTACT LANGUAGE which draws on elements from two or more languages: pidgin Portuguese; a Spanish pidgin.
The general sense

As generally understood, a pidgin is a hybrid ‘makeshift language’ used by and among traders, on plantations (especially with and among slaves of various backgrounds), and between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, especially during the heyday of European expansion (17–20c). Because the word has often been used and discussed pejoratively, it carries such connotations as ‘childish’, ‘corrupt’, ‘lazy’, ‘inferior’, ‘oversimplified’, and ‘simple-minded’. Etymologically, there appears to have been only one pidgin: Pidgin English, also known as Business English, Pidgin-English, pidgin-English, Pigeon English, Pigeon-English, bigeon, pidgeon, pidjin, pidjun. This was a TRADE JARGON used from the 17c onward between the British and Chinese in such ports as Canton. In 1826, B. Hall wrote: ‘I afterwards learned that “pigeon”, in the strange jargon spoken at Canton by way of English, means business’; in 1845, J. R. Peters noted: ‘Pidgeon, is the common Chinese pronunciation of business’ (OED). It should be noted, however, that Chinese (Coastal) Pidgin English or China Coast Pidgin is now a technical term referring to a contact language used between speakers of English and Chinese from the first half of the 18c until the early 1970s.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-PIDGIN.html

Ekwere:

PIDGIN A term used in both a general and a technical sense for a CONTACT LANGUAGE which draws on elements from two or more languages: pidgin Portuguese; a Spanish pidgin.
The general sense

As generally understood, a pidgin is a hybrid ‘makeshift language’ used by and among traders, on plantations (especially with and among slaves of various backgrounds), and between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, especially during the heyday of European expansion (17–20c). Because the word has often been used and discussed pejoratively, it carries such connotations as ‘childish’, ‘corrupt’, ‘lazy’, ‘inferior’, ‘oversimplified’, and ‘simple-minded’. Etymologically, there appears to have been only one pidgin: Pidgin English, also known as Business English, Pidgin-English, pidgin-English, Pigeon English, Pigeon-English, bigeon, pidgeon, pidjin, pidjun. This was a TRADE JARGON used from the 17c onward between the British and Chinese in such ports as Canton. In 1826, B. Hall wrote: ‘I afterwards learned that “pigeon”, in the strange jargon spoken at Canton by way of English, means business’; in 1845, J. R. Peters noted: ‘Pidgeon, is the common Chinese pronunciation of business’ (OED). It should be noted, however, that Chinese (Coastal) Pidgin English or China Coast Pidgin is now a technical term referring to a contact language used between speakers of English and Chinese from the first half of the 18c until the early 1970s.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-PIDGIN.html

visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin for more info.

na lie i no gree, pidgin comot from benin, the old bendel, warri con wata am with beta spice na who bi portuguese?

Mourinho or c.ronaldo be portugese

Here is a wiki link. May help provide insight to some of the question.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Pidgin_English

Well,i think i should contribute to this Topic.Pidgin English emanates from Freed slave in Freetown,the capital of sierra leone.Im a sierra leonean/Nigeria,i spent most of my childhood in Freetown.The pidgin English there is so conk to the extent that if one does not listen well,he wont understand what the speaker is passing across.For instance,i met a warri Girl when i was doing my Youth Service in sokoto.i went to Visit her one day and i asked her that" PLEASE, I WAN KAKA" It was a Great suprise that she doesnt understand what i meant.Though,its a Pidgin English for"i wan go pupu" as we put it here in Naija.so,from my own submission,i agree with the fact that Pidgin English originate from Creole people in Sierra leone

Ifygurl:

Actually pidgin English didn't start in Nigeria. It started from Sierra Leone keorle(i think i spelled it wrong) and liberian, the slaves brought that language back to West Africa and spread it to every nation in West Africa. if you haven't noticed, every west african country that speaks pidgin english dialect are similar to Nigerian ones except they call there's something else. We didn't start it, Sierra leones and Liberians did, Yoruba (i believe) perfected it for Nigeria.

What she said, apart from the Yoruba part, every region has modified it to suit them. . . . . . .

timmy7:

Mourinho or c.ronaldo be portugese

who dem bi? dem ney dey fear face? na us own pidgin period

@luv2talk You lie and please Accept the lie.You won tell me say Warri babe nur know wetin be kaka.That na fat Lie. Wetin warri chick dey catter wen them dey hiden place. Why you dey lie.Warri na them get the original pidgin.

well, i think pidgin english na english wey naija pple form, i mean those illiterate naija wey dey exist during the coloial era, but any way sha e bi like say i don dey like pidgin pass normal gramma sef [b][/b]