Nigerian Pidgin

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Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based creole widely used as a lingua franca across Nigeria in everyday communication, media, and popular culture.

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Generate an image of Nigerian Pidgin (Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based creole widely used as a lingua franca across Nigeria in everyday communication, media, and popular culture.)

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole ⓘ
creole language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
developedFrom West African Pidgin English ⓘ
developedIn colonial period in Nigeria ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Broken ⓘ
Broken English ⓘ
Naija ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria

Naija English ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin

Naija Languej ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin

Naija Pidgin ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin

Nigerian Creole English ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin

Pidgin English ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers millions of speakers ⓘ
hasCulturalRole language of Nigerian popular music ⓘ
language of Nigerian street culture ⓘ
marker of Nigerian identity ⓘ
hasExampleWord abeg ⓘ
chop ⓘ
dey ⓘ
how far ⓘ
pikin ⓘ
una ⓘ
wahala ⓘ
waka ⓘ
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom Nigerian indigenous languages ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Hausa ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese language

Yoruba ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Nigerian indigenous languages ⓘ
hasRegister colloquial ⓘ
informal ⓘ
hasStatus language of wider communication in Nigeria ⓘ
widely used informal language in Nigeria ⓘ
influencedBy English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
linked to: Igbo people

Yoruba ⓘ
various Nigerian languages ⓘ
languageFamily English-based creole languages ⓘ
primaryLexifierLanguage English ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Nigeria ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SVO ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in Nigeria ⓘ
usedBy Nigerian entertainers ⓘ
people of different ethnic groups in Nigeria ⓘ
urban youth in Nigeria ⓘ
usedIn Nigerian comedy ⓘ
Nigerian films ⓘ
Nigerian media ⓘ
Nigerian music ⓘ
Nigerian popular culture ⓘ
everyday communication in Nigeria ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Nigeria ⓘ
television broadcasting in Nigeria ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (214)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lagos → commonlySpokenLanguage → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Afrobeats → typicalLanguage → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Nollywood → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Eastern Nigeria → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Pichi language → closelyRelatedTo → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin → hasAlternativeName → Naija Languej ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin
Nigerian Pidgin → hasAlternativeName → Naija Pidgin ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin
Nigerian Pidgin → hasAlternativeName → Nigerian Creole English ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin
Nigerian Pidgin → hasAlternativeName → Pidgin English ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin
Nigerian Pidgin → hasAlternativeName → Naija English ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin
Warri → languageSpoken → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Rema → languageOfWorkOrName → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Ojuelegba → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
subject linked to: “Ojuelegba”
Ye → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
subject linked to: “Ye”
Burna Boy → languageOfWorkOrName → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Mr Eazi → languageOfWorkOrName → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Lagos Island → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → widelySpokenLanguage → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Obio-Akpor Local Government Area → localLanguage → Pidgin English ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin
Krio language → closelyRelatedTo → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Cameroonian Pidgin English → closelyRelatedTo → Nigerian Pidgin English ⓘ
linked to: Nigerian Pidgin
Central Nigeria → linguaFranca → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Why Me → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Igwe → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Gbono Feli Feli → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Koko → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
No Long Thing → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
RunDown Funk U Up → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
The Entertainer → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
D'Kings Men → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Mo' Hits All Stars → languageOfWorkOrName → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Dr SID → languageOfWorkOrName → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
D'Prince → languageOfWorkOrName → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
2Baba → languageOfWorkOrName → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Naeto C → languageOfWork → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Don Jazzy → languageOfWork → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Tongolo → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Kimon → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Effurun → languageSpoken → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Brass → languageSpoken → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Ekeremor → languageSpoken → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Douye Diri → languageSpoken → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Sagbama → hasLanguage → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Idoma language → isSpokenAlongside → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Nigerian films → language → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Ode-Itsekiri → secondaryLanguage → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Koko → languageSpoken → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Udu → primaryLanguage → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
Oworonshoki → otherLanguageSpoken → Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ