Probz:
Was there any need to drag my name into this?

sotall:
From your list, if Warri should get number one spot for pidgin English in Nigeria, I don't see any reason Benin is not in number two.

All criteria that placed warri in number one, automatically places Benin in number two

Ovokoo:
In Nigeria's multi ethnic society, we have come to embrace pidgin English to be able to communicate effectively with one another. The use of pidgin in different Nigerian cities vary due to several variables. So, these are the cities in Nigeria wehre pidgin engish is most spoken.

1. Warri: Warri is reputed as the capital of pidgin English in Nigeria and there’s word going around that pidgin English actually started there. We’re not sure of that but what we’re sure of is the fact that pidgin made in warri is a delight to other pidgin speakers throughout the country. Pidgin Englsh has eclipsed other languages such as Urhobo, Isoko, Ijaw, Itsekiri which are indigenous to Warri and it's environs.

[s]2. Port-hacourt: It is not surprising that port-hacourt is in the number 2 position considering the fact that the state that houses the city is made up of several ethnic groups like the Ikwerres, Ijaws, Igbos, Ogonis and pidgin English is an easier way for a lot of people to communicate with one another.[/s]

[s]3. Lagos: Lagos is reputed as one of the most cosmopolitan cities not just in Nigeria but Africa. Despite the fact that English is the predominant languages being used in the state of excellence, especially in official capacities, pidgin English is one way for the different ethnic groups that call Lagos home can effectively communicate to one another and is has arguable surpassed the ethnic Yoruba language in terms of use.[/s]

4. Benin: The ancient city of Benin just like it’s neighbour, Warri is a home of pidgin English and people who live in Benin speak it so well due to the convergence of different tribes in the ancient kingdom.

5. Yenagoa: The capital of Bayelsa state despite being an almost all Ijaw speaking is reputed as one of the places in Nigeria with a strong Pidgin English base. This may e unconnected with the fact that it is sandwiched by states with different ethnicities.

[s]6. Abuja: Abuja represents the crème de la crème of Nigerian cities and despite how posh a lot of people tend to appear, you cannot take away pidgin English from a city that refers to itself as the city of unity. The city is represented by people from different backgrounds ranging from Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Efik/Ibibio, Igala, Egbira, Idoma and so on.[/s]

[s]7. Calabar: The major language spoken in Calabar is efik but due to the fact that cross river state is a multi ethnic state, there;s an adoption of pidgin English by a lot of these people who live in Nigeria’s first capital city.[/s]

8. Asaba: Asaba has grown from a small Igbo town on the western side of the Niger to what is seeming as a conglomeration of not just Igbos from different parts but for people from different parts of Delta state who have to adopt pidgin English to be able to communicate effectively.

[s]9. Ibadan: The reputed largest city in west Africa is a hub of modern day Yorubanism. It’s a city that reflects what the Yorubas have been able to do for themselves and this has attracted people from all over the country to add their flavour to the city. So, whenever you find yourself in Ibadan, apart from the dominant Yoruba language, you’ll see people communicating in urbanized pidgin English.[/s]

[s]10. Owerri: Owerri, which is often reputed as the las vegas of Nigeria is a tourist hotbed for people from different parts of southern Nigeria who want to escape the busy life in places like Port-hacourt and Lagos and have a nice time in Owerri. It’s also the city that boasts of one of the largest number of tertiary schools in Nigeria and has attracted people from cosmopolitan backgrounds from all over the country, so it’s no surprise really that pidgin English is almost as common as Igbo language.
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Source: http://ovoko.com.ng/top10-nigerian-cities-pidgin-english-spoken/

kuuljay:
are you high? Am in Enugu right now and I can tell you 95% of communications in Enugu is in Igbo,

ezeagu:


I didn't drag you into anything, I was showing you something. You didn't have to comment.

gerg:
Your first point shows you don't know what you are talking about

martineverest:
i cry for u.......pidin pidgin is COMPLETELY SLANG...its BENIN and SAPELE pidgin that are real pidgin..UNIBEN speak a UNIFIED pidgin....i bet u,if aWARRI man tells u something as a LAGOSIAN,u will do a TOTALLY different thing...a warri man has SLANG for all NAIRA denotions...u HARDLY hear 10NAIRA;50 naira in warri....most of the warri pidgin comedians think they are speaking in lagos are actually not warfi.

If u include cities and town to op list,lagos and portharcourt wont make top 10....edo and delta towns will overtake tother cstates cities

Pidgin2:
OP, remove Owerri and replace with Bayelsa, replace Ibadan with Ikom

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

Jacksparr0w127:
Ibadan?

I give up

adaksbullet:

Kudanis:
I don't know why the guys in this forum from Edo and Delta are underrating Port Harcourt in terms of pidgin language. No doubt Benin and Warri are good in pidgin but there is hardly a pidgin a Benin or Warri person will flow that a Port Harcourt person will not understand. Some folks in Port Harcourt can't speak their dialect, can't speak good english either except pidgin.
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In earlier pages of this thread, some people(I guess guys from Delta) were talking about the pidgin slogan "u don baff"... I've been using "u don baff" since I was in primary school... Or is it "abeg push me H*, when senior bros shake body I go square you back"?....or "bro, u dey cap careless"....
... To me, these are normal pidgin that everyone would understand. I've met people here in Port Harcourt who came from Benin and Warri, yes, they have unique accent but we seem to relate very well in pidgin.
Port Harcourt rocks in terms of pidgin. Pidgin is the daily means of communication on the street of Port Harcourt.

Jacksparr0w127:
huncle

repogirl:
And some people need to go back to kindergarten to learn spellings properly.

Kudanis:
I don't know why the guys in this forum from Edo and Delta are underrating Port Harcourt in terms of pidgin language. No doubt Benin and Warri are good in pidgin but there is hardly a pidgin a Benin or Warri person will flow that a Port Harcourt person will not understand. Some folks in Port Harcourt can't speak their dialect, can't speak good english either except pidgin.
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In earlier pages of this thread, some people(I guess guys from Delta) were talking about the pidgin slogan "u don baff"... I've been using "u don baff" since I was in primary school... Or is it "abeg push me H*, when senior bros shake body I go square you back"?....or "bro, u dey cap careless"....
... To me, these are normal pidgin that everyone would understand. I've met people here in Port Harcourt who came from Benin and Warri, yes, they have unique accent but we seem to relate very well in pidgin.
Port Harcourt rocks in terms of pidgin. Pidgin is the daily means of communication on the street of Port Harcourt.

sandrahnaub:

Olodo!......yenagoa is what

Pidgin2:


Don't forget rule 2, behave yourself.

sandrahnaub:

sandrahnaub:

paulavon:


It is not issue of under rating PH Pidgin. The difference is as clear as a Nigerian speaking English and a British man speaking English. It is annoying to hear a PH person saying "leaving me A" instead of "free me",Dey your own , abeg leave me or stay your lane. You also hear a Lagosian saying "shea you sabi me".The beauty of Warri Pidgin is that they have 10 different words or expressions to represent something. Pidgin in Benin are still okay but they listen and marvel when a "proper old Warri" speaks Pidgin.

Ovokoo:

This is exactly why it was included just to make up the numbers. Which major cities do you think can replace Owerri in the 10th position?