![]() ![]() ![]() Here are some words and phrases to ease you into Ghanaian Pidgin. New words emerge and catch on rather quickly than the frequency of words added to the dictionary. ![]() Ghanaian Pidgin like other West African Pidgin is very adaptive. Likewise, Nigerians do same with Ghanaian music and movies. Nigerians find it difficult sometimes comprehending Ghanaian Pidgin but there are similar words that cut across.Īlso, some Ghanaians have watched enough Nollywood movies and the influx of Nigerian Afrobeat music also makes it easier for Ghanaians to understand Nigerian Pidgin. If you include let’s say from Cameroon to Sene. Ghanaian Pidgin is a mixture of English and the local dialects like Akan and Ga. Answer: This really depends on what you consider Western Africa, whether you mean indigenous languages only, and what you mean by ‘large’ (area, number of speakers, number of first language speakers, if that’s even a thing in sub-Saharan Africa). It is an essential language for transacting businesses in the markets and it makes commuting around the country relatively easier as that is the language for bargaining in the markets and with drivers. Pidgin started to enter into secondary schools by the mid-60s and was soon carried to the Universities. Pidgin is ever changing, with new words and vocabulary being invented by creative youth. Nonetheless, anyone who speaks pidgin easily identifies with other speakers and it breaks down protocols. SPEAK PIDGIN is a Ghanaian pidgin language handbook which translates some commonly used pidgin phrases and words into English Language. While English is spoken and written, Ghanaian pidgin is mostly spoken and rarely ever written unless in a few online discussions. Of these, English, which was inherited from the colonial era, is the official language and lingua franca. Also, women in Ghana rarely speak Pidgin and in conversations where there are both genders, those present resort to speaking Standard English. It is interesting to note that,pidgin English is predominant among Ghanaian boys of High School and tertiary going age primarily because it is thought to be hippy and trendy when you speak it. Ghana is a multilingual country in which about eighty languages are spoken. ![]()
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