Also, Pidgin English speakers maintain their own languages for conversation purposes within their own people. Typically with easy grammar and a reduced vocabulary than the languages from which it is derived and used among people who do not share a common language (i.e., lingua franca) for communication. Generally, pidgin is a language made up of lexicons and other features from more than one language. Pidgin is used in many day-to-day activities in Nigeria, including an exchange in the marketplace, places of worship, music, and media, among others. It is often used as a language to bridge the gap that other Nigerian languages may come with. Pidgin in Nigeria is well accepted among people of different classes, ages, and ethnicities.
The Nigerian Pidgin language is one of Nigeria’s most widely spoken languages, with about 40 million people speaking it as a first language and over 60 million as a second language.
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