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Learning pidgin
Learning pidgin






In a country with wide disparity in education provision, Pidgin operates as a de facto lingua franca, a bridge between social classes, ethnicities and educational levels. Long considered the language of the uneducated, Nigerian Pidgin English, with its oscillating tones and playful imagery, is now spoken by Nigerians of every age, social class and regional origin. The station's newsreaders report on the impending monsoon in south-east Asia: " Dem dey run comot for dem house" (People are fleeing their homes).

learning pidgin

His source of news is Wazobia FM, the first radio station in Nigeria to broadcast in Pidgin and registering huge audiences as a result.








Learning pidgin