User:Paytonmcintyre/Nigerian Pidgin

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 Nigerian English 

Similar to the Caribbean Creole situation, Nigerian Pidgin is mostly used in informal conversations. However, Nigerian Pidgin has no status as an official language. Nigerian English is used in politics, education, science, and media. In Nigeria, English is acquired through formal education. As English has been in contact with multiple different languages in Nigeria, Nigerian English has become much more prominent, and it is often referred to as a group of different sub-varieties. Although there is not a formal description of Nigerian English, scholars agree that Nigerian English is a recognizable and unique variety of English.

Homophones

A major difference in Nigerian Pidgin compared to other types of English is the limited repertoire of consonants, vowels (7), and diphthongs (3) used. This produces many homophones. For example, thin, thing, and tin are all pronounced like [tin]. Write, right, and rite are all pronounced like [rait]. This gives high importance to context, tone, body language, and other ways of communication for the distinction of the homophones. The correlation between sound and spelling is very stable in Nigerian Pidgin, which results in this discrepancy.