Pidgin, Nigerian | Ethnologue

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639: pcm
Alternate Names: Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin, Broken English, Brokin, Brokun, Nigerian Creole English, Nigerian Pidgin English, Pidgin, Pijin
Autonym: Naijá
Population: 120,650,000, all users. L1 users: 4,650,000 (2020). L2 users: 116,000,000 (2020).
Location:: Widespread.
Language Status: 3 (Wider communication). Evolved as a result of language contact with the British colonists in 1800. Lingua franca across Nigeria.
Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Krio
Dialects: Lagos Pidgin, Delta Pidgin, Cross River Pidgin, Benin Pidgin. No unified standard. Dialects may be very different from each other. Partially intelligible with Krio [kri] of Sierra Leone and Cameroon Pidgin [wes].
Language Use: Increasing in importance and use. A creole with native speakers; also a pidgin between Africans and Europeans, and Africans from different languages. All domains. Used as L2 by Abanyom [abm], Bete-Bendi [btt], Cakfem-Mushere [cky], Dadiya [dbd], Dza [jen], Efutop [ofu], Ekajuk [eka], Esan [ish], Iceve-Maci [bec], Kibaku [ckl], Nde-Nsele-Nta [ndd], Ndoe [nbb], Nikyob-Nindem [kdp], Nkem-Nkum [isi], Nnam [nbp], Obanliku [bzy], Ogbah [ogc], Olulumo-Ikom [iko], Ron [cla], Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike [afe].
Language Development: Literature. Newspapers. Radio. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2018.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Pidgin, Nigerian
Writing: Latin script [Latn], used since 2002.

Location: Widespread.