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Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by zoraro(m): 11:50pm On Sep 27, 2010
It will be the best thing that ever happened in Nigeria, Countries like America, Australia and just about every other English speaking first world countries know this that is why they have their own variants of English Language (The variation may be small but there is variation all the same).
If Pidgin English (which should be renamed Nigerian English) is standardized it could even be made to be closer to regular English than it is now. Lastly, even regular English evolved over time to be what it is today. It resembled Pidgin English when it was formed from Anglos and Saxon with completely different spelling of most words that are used today.
In fact, Old English didn't have all these words "anger, awe, bag, big, birth, blunder, both, cake, call, cast, cosy, cut, die, dirt, drag, drown, egg, fellow, flat, flounder, gain, get, gift, give, guess, guest, gust, hug, husband, ill, kid, law, leg, lift, likely, link, loan, loose, low, mistake, odd, race, raise, root, rotten, same, scale, scare, score, seat, seem, sister, skill, skin, skirt, skull, sky, stain, steak, sway, take, though, thrive, Thursday, tight, till, trust, ugly, want, weak, window, wing, wrong, they etc." they were "borrowed" from other languages just like Pidgin has borrowed words.
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Obiagu1(m): 12:34am On Sep 28, 2010
A beg, make they leave Pidgin the way it is.
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by Nobody: 9:57am On Sep 28, 2010
@topic,What a rubbish
Re: Pidgin To Become A Formal Language by udonna20(m): 12:53pm On Nov 30, 2010
We, of Mercy Christian Ministry International want to inform you of two very important projects that have been completed in Nigeria:


1. The Nigerian Pidgin Language Primer
This Primer teaches Nigerians how to read and write the Nigerian Pidgin Language (NPL), which is a language spoken by over 70 million Nigerians.
The alphabet and orthography of the NPL was standardized in a workshop held at University of Ibadan which was organized by Late Prof. Kay Williamson (of University of Port Harcourt) and Mercy Christian Ministry International (MCMI) in February 2003.


The Nigerian Pidgin Language alphabet can be downloaded at
http://www.mercy-christian-ministry.org/nigerian-pidgin-language-alphabet.html


The Nigerian pidgin Language primer can be downloaded at
http://www.mercy-christian-ministry.org/nigerian-pidgin-language-primer.html


This project will be of immense benefit to the stability and development of the Niger Delta and other areas of the country. This is because, for the first time, MCMI working with other experts have standardized Nigerian Pidgin Language as a medium of communication which the government can use to communicate written information to the people of the Niger Delta and other people in Nigeria.

2. The Nigerian Pidgin Language Bible (NPLB)
The Nigerian Pidgin Language Bible is a product of an 11-year translation work by Mercy Christian Ministry International.

The New Testament is now ready for publication and can be read online at
www.mercy-christian-ministry.org/nigerian-pidgin-language-new-testament.html

This Bible will be distributed to all Nigerians free of charge.


Note: We are still posting the books of New Testament online for people to read free


We seek your support financially, morally, spiritually and your comments, advice and criticisms(constructive)
http://www.mercy-christian-ministry.org/support-nigerian-pidgin-language-bible.html

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