Twenty-nine Nigerian words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), notching up 86 taken from Africa’s most populous nation and the world’s fourth largest English-speaking country after India, Pakistan, and the United States.


Words making the cut in the latest edition include Kannywood, derived from Hausa; and unique Nigerian coinages, Ember months and next tomorrow – in recognition of how Nigerians help shape English, the most spoken language in the world.

OED is published by Oxford University Press (OUP), based in the United Kingdom.

English is Nigeria’s lingua franca, used in standard form or in broken (pidgin) by vast multitudes in daily communication among 200 million people carved out in 250 ethnic groups and over 300 languages.

Source: https://www.thenicheng.com/86-nigerian-words-make-it-into-oxford-english-dictionary/

is amotekun included?

Uh..... ok