I wish I saw this earlier, but my Nigerian bro there was trying to say something about how we speech here. Yes he is right, different part on Nigeria speech differently, mostly we from the south south Nigeria speech completely different from the entire Nigeria,yes na.
What my fellow Nigerian was trying to say is Nigerian pidgin is dynamic, there's no set in stone way of saying something, because we diverse and a lot, each tribe contributes to the Nigeria pidgin, you might spend 60yrs in Nigeria and some phrase of pidgin English would catch you a lil off guard sometimes but you learn everyday
One of the main differences between Ghanaian and Nigerian Pidgin is that: Ghana pidgin is mostly spoken by young people. A lot of people pick it up in college/university while Nigerian Pidgin seems like a large percentage of the population regardless of age or education can speak it
And it's also mostly centred in the capital town, harbour cities and high school/colleges/university. Basically about 20% of the population. Nigeria Pidgin is spoken by way more than 50%
Ghanaian pidgin uses direct British language and I few local dialect and the Nigeria pidgin is more about accent and pronunciation ... ... Ghana pidgin is easy for our diasporas
There are so many different types of pidgin in different parts of Ghana also and most people in Ghana usually start engaging in pidgin in high school level there is always a little influence of local language which pidgin is being spoken at but generally you can still communicate with everyone with any type of basic Ghanaian pidgin english. Nigeria pidgin definitely is widely spoken than Ghana pidgin@@chiomankechikaibe7306
There is a wide variety of pidgin English spoken in Nigeria. We can say one thing several ways in pidgin and that is besides the fact that in different places in Nigeria, they speak pidgin differently. Slangs are also infused into the pidgin and some of the slangs don't fade, they become embedded in pidgin. For example, 1. what is your name? Could be translated in pidgin as: a. Wetin be your name b. Wetin dem de call you 2. What is our age difference: a. How many years I take senior your b. How many years I use senior you c. How many years I old pass you, 3. The okra soup is slimy: a. The okra soup de slime b. This okra soup de draw c. This okra soup draw d. This okra draw die (the die is a slang to tell how well the okra is slimy) 4. I want to sleep: a. I wan sleep. b. I wan crash (crash is a slang to mean time to sleep) c. Sleep de worry me (telling you that I'm feeling sleepy) 5. I want to cut my hair: a. I wan cut my hair b. I wan barb my hair 6. Long time ago a. tay tay b. e don tay 7. Calm down, your temper won't solve the problem a. calm down, you temper no go fit solve the problem b. calm down, no be with vex you go fit solve the problem c. Calm down, you no go fit solve the problem with vex. d. Chill, no be vex e. No matter how hot your temper be e no fit boil beans (the diversity of pidgin) meaning no matter how angry you are that's as far as it gets. 8. One person suffers, another person enjoys a. money de chop, baboon de enjoy b. One person de work, another person de enjoy.
Anyways whenever you see a Ghanaian man and a Nigerian man in an argument don’t interfere cause they will come together and give it to you hot hot and after they’re done with you they will go back to their argument 😂😂
What I find most hilarious is the fact that when Nigerians and Ghanaians speak pidgin, they understand themselves. The foundation or root of both Ghanaian and Nigerian pidgin is very similar.
The funny thing is, Nigerians love Ghanaians. It's all banter. But shout out to Ghanaians though. Those guys are really good people, Of course, they are bad people everywhere. But yeah, big ups to them.
Ghana would always be our baby brother whom we love so dearly... The competition would always be there😂,we compete in food,music,movie and education. Most times,those who don't understand would think we are quarrelling,but No we are not... The rivalry would always be there and that rivalry would always make us bring out our best... From Naija, Sending love to the Gold Coast, our dear brother Ghana ❤️❤️❤️
Being the first to gain independence doesn't dispute this simple fact my dear sister. Sudan was the first to gain independence in Africa. Where is Sudan today among most top African Countries. South Africa got their independence very late,but when we talk about top African countries, we would talk about our Zulu Brothers
Nigeria has more than 3 types of pidgin. In fact, there's street pidgin and what you call flow. And what you'll call formal pidgin which has no slangs added to it. Street pidgin has alot of codes to it. Flow mostly spoken by University students has a mixture of English language and western style slangs to it. Example is... How body... is formal pidgin. How far is Street pidgin How e dey happen Or wetin dey sup is flow or polished pidgin spoken by students
For example, if a random guy sees me and say how far naa.. I'll feel some type and will ask which level? But if you see me and day how e dey happen bro, I'm at peace
Ghanaian pidgin is a much more recent thing. The older generation in Ghana speak no pidgin whatsoever because it really wasn't a thing on their day. It's developed over the years but still not as deeply rooted in the culture and the society like Naija pidgin
Ghanaian came to Nigerian n learnt how to speak they can't even speak it very well fluently . Me as a Nigerian can either relate or prefer south Cameroonian pigin cos they re in our border n close to us was even with us before sharing the country . Sierra Leon n Liberia pigin than ghana . Ghanaian can't speak it they came to Nigeria n they saw that's how we Nigerian communicate 💯. Ghanains re no for twi language which they all speak in their lil country
@@kissPhamous Yes i stand your foot or by you even Sierra leone and Liberia they all speak pidgin only that the Nigerians have the numbers to make it huge / popular or trend
I am Ghanaian and he is right. I am in my late 40s and my parents and uncles used to say that often that it was new. The Ghana must go folks introduced it big time. It was not a big thing previously with very few people speaking it. The old folks always complained about it when we were young that it mess up the English language in Ghana. It used to be associated to street folks and was frowned upon back in the 80's.
Nigeria pidgin has it's own slang. For instance a man from Warri, Edo or port Harcourt could speak pidgin yet an Hausa, Ibo or Yoruba person would not understand them
Oga! Hausa and middle belt pidgin is NOT the same. Wetin dey do una sef. Yoruba msn wey nor dey travel. Middle belt pidgin varies, In Benue, Tiv man pidgin diffrnt, Jukun pidgin diff, In naija Nupe and gbagyi soeak pidgin with some tongue...Nigeria is fucking huge than even Nigerians realise.
Nigeria pidgin English is as old as wen the British came into NIGERIA 🇳🇬. Our grandparents spoke the language. It's not recently Nigerians started speaking the pidgin English. Our grandparents handed it down to us, while Ghana pidgin English was learned recently when Nigerians started schooling in Ghana.. The sincere Ghanaians who were students in Legon, Kumasi University science and Technology, etc. They would testified about. Throughout my stay in Ghana, nobody spoke pidgin English in my hearing because I was born there in the late 50s and in the early 60. This pidgin English is a new language in Ghana and they got the inspiration from Nigeria through our students who went to Ghana to school and through social media. It is good to learn from us so as to communicate freely. Long life Nigerians and Ghanaians.
This is hilarious, but the thing about Nigerian pigin is that it's fluid, most times we actually don't want you to understand us straight up. If you know, you know that's the idea.
🤣🤣🤣. and then there is ... Liberian pidgin and the southen Cameroon. The Nigerian guy is right though. soooo many variations of pidgin in Nigeria. e.g. a typical northener will have a hard time understanding pidgin from Warri while a Lagosian will more than likely understand about 70% of any variation spoken in the continent cos its a boiling pot of people from all over the country.
Lol no downgrade Hausa na kai I dei talk like say I no no say Hausa ferson no dei sfeak figin too abamana.. Abeg no forget calabar pigin self o Enugu pigin o,Ijebu pigin self na die o lolz just kidding
Ghanaian and Nigeria are having fun all time i remembered when i wanted to travel to Benin Republic via a Nigeria told me go through Ghana where u can understand each other
Next time the person to represent Nigeria should be someone from Edo or Delta state because we are the best in Pidgin/Broken English. After 26 years in Diaspora I can still speak it fluently as if I never left.
The reason ours is more dynamic is because we actually speak pidgin as a parallel language that morphs over time... On the other hand, in Ghana its just a now and then thing.
Pidgin is not natural to them. When speaking they throw a few pidgin phrases here and there and can’t hold a full conversation in pidgin. Whenever they speak it appears forced. Unlike Nigeria, Liberia, Cameron, and Sierra Leone where pidgin is smooth and natural.
pidgin is not really part of us as Ghanaians to the extent that it is usually the guys who speak it. but it is gradually changing where now ladies also speak pidgin. so in my opinion, Nigerians predominantly speak pidgin more than Ghanaians
Thats true and Ghana pidgin is mostly spoken by young people. A lot of people pick it up in college/university while Nigerian Pidgin seems like a large percentage of the population regardless of age or education can speak it
Spot on. Pidgin is popularly Nigerian. Ghanaians are coming along due to influences from university/colleges. It's gained roots across the youthful population over the years. I give it to Nigeria as the owners of pidgin. GH is coming along faster and better
Dear Demochets, this is yet another lovely video! It seems that the guys are just playing up the NG/GH beef for entertainment though 😂. We aren't always bickering at each other like this in real life. Re: Nigerian Pidgin, the area that was carved out and named Nigeria is very large. The creators roped together many diverse ethnic groups, some without cultural affinity, and imposed their own language and culture on them. This mix involves some 500 languages, each with further dialects. And so, Pidgin English evolved to bridge the ensuing communication gap. Those with the means and interest go to school to learn Western Education and Western languages, typically English and/or French. However, not all have the means (e.g. the poor) or the interest (e.g. nomadic tribes). Therefore, not all speak Standard English and those with more diversity have evolved Pidgin English. Those with less diversity, such as Northern Nigeria where Hausa is predominantly spoken, are less likely to speak Nigerian Pidgin English as there is less/no need for it. Due to their Arabic/Islamic influence, they are also less receptive of Westernisation. However, in Southern, Western and Eastern Nigeria where there are more languages and dialects, Pidgin English not only exists but is dynamic, constantly changing. The most dynamic being the South-South region. If you travel out of Nigeria for a few months and return, there will be new words and phrases to learn. It changes that fast! The older generations tend to speak 'traditional Pidgin' while the younger ones keep tabs on the new slang words and phrases. Hence, older Nigerians would say 'I wan sleep,' while it's the younger ones who would say 'I wan crash.' I don't think any grandmas or grandpas envision 'crashing' onto a bed after a hard day's work! Older Nigerians would say 'I dey komot Nigeria' (I am leaving/emigrating out of Nigeria) while younger Nigerians might say 'I dey japa,' where 'japa' is slang for emigrating. I say this to explain that some of what our Nigerian brother in the video is saying is Nigerian slang. It is therefore culturally derived and specific to a context. Hence Nigerian Pidgin English varies from region to region and also across generations. If you had older speakers in the video, they might have used 'more traditional' words and phrases. Same with those who speak 'King's English' and those who don't. The 'King's English' speakers might speak a 'posh' variety. ❤
Respect to the Queen, you nailed that No wahala. It was on point ( try cool down, no wahala). just like the Nigeria guy said, there are so many slang in Nigeria pidgin. Most time people forget they are not speaking the fluent pidgin. I am from the south side, where the pidgin is top-notch. Even other Nigerians laugh at our pidgin sentences. Like instead of saying I wan chop, south south will say I wan wa le. Calm down, we say kprooo. It's just slang.
I’m Cameroonian. Border with Nigeria but we speak both french and English so our pidgin is even more complex with mother tongue, english pidgin and french words😂😂
Hahaha!! Ghana n Nigeria we 4ever brothers. No matter the different ways we both speak our pidgin english we can still understand each other without any effort.
@@georgeappiah8314 ok and what does Ghana have porn movies 😂 because of this couple and what they stand for I will not answer any crying baby Ghanaian in this comment section again make Una shift joor 🙄🙄🙄
Nigerian pidgin can change depending on a lot of factors; context, age group, location ... : Example: What is your name? Wetin be your name? Who you be? Who be this one? wida you? Identify yourself? Wetin dem call you sef? etc...
@@okaforonyeka7547 Nigeria is giant by population that is all small Ghana have more reserved resources than big Nigeria as an economist I will choose Ghana over Nigeria any day
There are actually different ways people speak pidgin in Nigeria. There’s the warri pidgin as the nigerian guy in the video mentioned and the port harcourt pidgin
Nigerian pidgin is diverse. I was born and brought up in Warri and when I left home for school in PH, the pidgin was different with a lot of strange slangs. Just for your better understanding ; Slangs play a big role in pidgin over here in Nigeria.
Every colonized country has a form of *BROKEN ENGLISH because of Colonizers not *Pidgin, point of correction. Anybody can speak broken English as English itself is not our first language and is easy to get incorrect grammatically. On the other hand, Pidgin has GRAMMATICAL RULES. It is an art form. It is a combination of creative influences from different Nigerian ethnic groups due to schooling in different states over the course of colonization not to talk of NYSC, iykyk. Nigerian pidgin is constant individual comedic improv and creativity. It varies by region and is deeply rooted in our post colonial culture. The English DID NOT give us pidgin. They gave us English and Nigerians MADE pidgin with it!
Guy you are capping.this is blind patriotism.the student can never out shine the master.u Ghanaians learnt it from us.thats why ur pidgin is too rigid.predictable and without dept.unlike nigerian pidgin that Is very dynamic and flexible.with a lot of range and dept.
😂😂😂😂 Who told you that pigin is from NIGERIA, concert. Even french, Portuguese and Spanish have their own type of pigin. But GHANA pigin is far better than NIGERIA pigin.
Pidgin is a Nigerian thing and has 3 variance of her pidgin. Yes, the Nigerian pidgin spread from Nigeria to neighbouring countries like Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo. This is the reason why Nigeria leads Africa in lifestyle, culture, food, music, movies, tech, banking, people and co.
It's not true pidgin was spoken between the British n the local people who couldn't speak proper English. Nigeria doesn't lead in all u stated except the music n movie , even the music it was jux recent.
@@niiadjeidsane9071 Awilo/Makosa was a hit same as the Azonto and now Amapiano. But guess what! Nigeria has always been the hub of entertainment in Africa right from day 1. Awilo was amplified by the Nigerians which he also confirmed. He has more fans in Nigeria than anywhere including his home country. If Nigeria don't vibe to your stuff, it's going nowhere.
@@kissPhamous British spoke pidgin English 😂😂😂😂 Park well 😄😄😄 pidgin is a composition of slang from tribes in Nigeria(wazobia) with it's original root traced to the old Benin.
It funny how Ghana was a country before Nigeria became one but they always want to disrespect us. In fact Ghana helped Nigeria gain independence from the Brits. We taught them how to do it. Come to think of it, they are still struggling to be a country.
The honest truth is that Pigin English is found in Nigeria, the Ghanaians speaking that language bonded it from Nigeria to back history you're gonna find more about this. Ghanaians once lived in Nigeria for years
@Damian thank you. The rivalry comes from an insecurity to always measure up to Nigeria. Nigeria is already at the top. We never thought about them except recently that we finally gave into their tantrums for us to give them attention.
We Nigerians speak the general pidgin as well as regional one(this type has much influence from the ethnic groups and lots of slangs words). But a person from kaduna, a Northern state in Nigeria can speak pidgin switching among all the varieties.
Nigerians speaks the best Pidgin English in Africa , they speaks it from Babies to old age. Ghanaians learns the Pidgin from Nigerians in the 70th when Ghanaians went there to Hustle n they brought it back to Ghana
Who is deceiving you? Every english country in Africa has some sort of pidjin cos of our colonizers. People wanted to communicate with their colonizers but couldn't speak like them and so made do with the little and that was when pidjin known as broken English came to being so please educate yourself. Sierra Leone even has thiers called Cleo so nobody learnt from you bro.
You people you talk too much we deported you first so when you were coming to hustle at first where was your pidgin you hide it from us and later we came to learn from you or don't you know you came to hustle and some of you were deported why are you like always everything started from your nigeria You only know your history not others
The difference between Nigerian pidgin and others is that Nigerian pidgin have pidgin verbs, and original words as substitutes for English words; other pidgin traditions cut and join English words to make sentences. For instance, don (has), shebi (right?), comot (get out) wahala (problem), okpata (mess up) dey (is) nah(it) e (it), etc. This is just my subjective view. I love all pidgin (croelle) spoken in Africa. Diversity is the spice of life. None is better than the other. Language is for communication. As long as we are communicating, we're good 👍🏾 Nice reaction!
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"Calm down your temper won't solve the problem "
In Warri Pidgin (Nigeria):"relassss/chill your gragra nor fit settle the gbege"
Calm down your para no go solve the wahala
Ghana 🇬🇭 and Nigeria are like siblings 😂😂😂😂😂 they fight but they are always together.😂😂😂😂
Yeah! Just constant friendly banter.
That's like the best discription of their relationship.
Ghana and Nigeria are daughters of the same father but different mothers. As Africans or in Africa, does maternal matters??
Point of corrections Ghana is too small for Nigeria to fight with
We also speak pidgin in Cameroon
I'm Nigerian. We always fight with our Ghanaian brothers.
But if you come for them, we come for you real hard.
Love my Ghanaian brothers.
As in Eh...
I'm Nigerian and I love my Ghana brothers and sisters ❤
I wish I saw this earlier, but my Nigerian bro there was trying to say something about how we speech here. Yes he is right, different part on Nigeria speech differently, mostly we from the south south Nigeria speech completely different from the entire Nigeria,yes na.
@@benjaminUdoh101 But even in south south wadi and PH pidgin are not the same
What my fellow Nigerian was trying to say is Nigerian pidgin is dynamic, there's no set in stone way of saying something, because we diverse and a lot, each tribe contributes to the Nigeria pidgin, you might spend 60yrs in Nigeria and some phrase of pidgin English would catch you a lil off guard sometimes but you learn everyday
One of the main differences between Ghanaian and Nigerian Pidgin is that:
Ghana pidgin is mostly spoken by young people. A lot of people pick it up in college/university while Nigerian Pidgin seems like a large percentage of the population regardless of age or education can speak it
Even the Nigeria guy is not Nigeria enough, he is still learning
And it's also mostly centred in the capital town, harbour cities and high school/colleges/university. Basically about 20% of the population. Nigeria Pidgin is spoken by way more than 50%
Ghanaian pidgin uses direct British language and I few local dialect and the Nigeria pidgin is more about accent and pronunciation ... ...
Ghana pidgin is easy for our diasporas
Yes that's true
I’m a Ghanaian and you’re very right on this one
Watching it with my Nigerian girlfriend😂😂😂😂 and fighting 🇬🇭🇳🇬
😂
Nigerians always bring vibes! See how the Nigerian guy brought fun to the discuss😂
Nigerian pidgin is soooo diverse due to the diversity of her people. And it's so deep. Thought provoking at the same time fluid.
Influenced by various culture Identity
There are so many different types of pidgin in different parts of Ghana also and most people in Ghana usually start engaging in pidgin in high school level there is always a little influence of local language which pidgin is being spoken at but generally you can still communicate with everyone with any type of basic Ghanaian pidgin english. Nigeria pidgin definitely is widely spoken than Ghana pidgin@@chiomankechikaibe7306
Na man you be!
There is a wide variety of pidgin English spoken in Nigeria. We can say one thing several ways in pidgin and that is besides the fact that in different places in Nigeria, they speak pidgin differently. Slangs are also infused into the pidgin and some of the slangs don't fade, they become embedded in pidgin.
For example,
1. what is your name? Could be translated in pidgin as: a. Wetin be your name b. Wetin dem de call you
2. What is our age difference: a. How many years I take senior your b. How many years I use senior you c. How many years I old pass you,
3. The okra soup is slimy: a. The okra soup de slime b. This okra soup de draw c. This okra soup draw d. This okra draw die (the die is a slang to tell how well the okra is slimy)
4. I want to sleep: a. I wan sleep. b. I wan crash (crash is a slang to mean time to sleep) c. Sleep de worry me (telling you that I'm feeling sleepy)
5. I want to cut my hair: a. I wan cut my hair b. I wan barb my hair
6. Long time ago a. tay tay b. e don tay
7. Calm down, your temper won't solve the problem a. calm down, you temper no go fit solve the problem b. calm down, no be with vex you go fit solve the problem c. Calm down, you no go fit solve the problem with vex. d. Chill, no be vex e. No matter how hot your temper be e no fit boil beans (the diversity of pidgin) meaning no matter how angry you are that's as far as it gets.
8. One person suffers, another person enjoys a. money de chop, baboon de enjoy b. One person de work, another person de enjoy.
😮😮 I'm a Nigerian, wow! You really try with this write-up 👍🏽🇳🇬
I think it is supposed to be: MONKEY DEY WORK, BABOON DEY CHOP
Calm down...some now say...Be calming down😅
You killed this breakdown
You too much 🫡
Or you fit say this okra soup draw well well ooo chai
I'm a Nigerian from warri. Our pigin is different. Dat guy is definitely a yoruba guy from lagos
There are only two countries in West Africa 😂😂
They're Ghana, Nigeria and the rest🤣🤣
Anyways whenever you see a Ghanaian man and a Nigerian man in an argument don’t interfere cause they will come together and give it to you hot hot and after they’re done with you they will go back to their argument 😂😂
😂 like you know
Who and who abeg us Nigerians don't merge Ghana to fight people.Ghanaians are on their own
@@joyuyoke4999 lol u thought you ate 😂🤲
@@joyuyoke4999 Bad Belle 🤣
Ya Ghana naija b 1
That's a true Nigerian 🇳🇬🇳🇬 with the aggressive mindset Love you bro😅😅😅
What I find most hilarious is the fact that when Nigerians and Ghanaians speak pidgin, they understand themselves. The foundation or root of both Ghanaian and Nigerian pidgin is very similar.
Nothing is similar liers always
It’s really similar.
@@ganyobikuuku488 it’s not similar at all that is a lie from the pit of hell
@@anywherebelleface1934 facts it’s not similar
Nothing is similar. It was when Ghanaians came to Nigeria back then they picked pidgin.
The funny thing is, Nigerians love Ghanaians. It's all banter. But shout out to Ghanaians though. Those guys are really good people, Of course, they are bad people everywhere. But yeah, big ups to them.
Warri is different... Their own pidgin is sweet deeper.
I tell you.
Warri people go use pidgin sell person for him front.
Asinine we no dey carry last
I dey tell you bro
Nigerian pidgin is the best and easy to learn, Nigeria own pidgin most especially warri the way they speak their pidgin is so sweet
Omo 9ja🇳🇬 for life. We no dey carry last. Anywhere we go, we dey represent…❤
Ghana would always be our baby brother whom we love so dearly...
The competition would always be there😂,we compete in food,music,movie and education.
Most times,those who don't understand would think we are quarrelling,but No we are not...
The rivalry would always be there and that rivalry would always make us bring out our best...
From Naija,
Sending love to the Gold Coast, our dear brother Ghana ❤️❤️❤️
How can Ghana be your baby brother when they gained independence first?🤔🤔🤔
Being the first to gain independence doesn't dispute this simple fact my dear sister.
Sudan was the first to gain independence in Africa.
Where is Sudan today among most top African Countries.
South Africa got their independence very late,but when we talk about top African countries, we would talk about our Zulu Brothers
😂😂😂 we will always compete 😂
@@benedictefoagui8365 South Africa wasn't colonized. And how can one country be your baby brother when they helped you win independence.
Can't agree more, except the baby part. Gh 1957 vrs NG 1960...who be babe now...?
Question 7 could also be spoken as "Chillax, red eye no dey light fire!"
Nigeria is really big though.... The pidgin English varies in different areas or parts. But generally there's a universal understanding.
Nigeria has got about 3 types of pidgin English: portharcourt, waffi and the general pidgin spoken across the country.
its actually more, guy every town have a unique way of speaking it
Warri not waffi
Nigeria has more than 3 types of pidgin.
In fact, there's street pidgin and what you call flow.
And what you'll call formal pidgin which has no slangs added to it.
Street pidgin has alot of codes to it.
Flow mostly spoken by University students has a mixture of English language and western style slangs to it.
Example is...
How body...
is formal pidgin.
How far is Street pidgin
How e dey happen
Or wetin dey sup is flow or polished pidgin spoken by students
For example, if a random guy sees me and say how far naa.. I'll feel some type and will ask which level?
But if you see me and day how e dey happen bro, I'm at peace
@@christiangideon7966 warri na waffi na
One thing about Ghana pidgin is you can personalize the words
Ghanaian pidgin is a much more recent thing. The older generation in Ghana speak no pidgin whatsoever because it really wasn't a thing on their day. It's developed over the years but still not as deeply rooted in the culture and the society like Naija pidgin
liar !! who told you it is a recent thing. how long have you lived in ghana
It's not recent 😕. It's been in Ghana since 1800s but Ghanaians loves to speak their own native language that's why u hardly hear it back in days.
Ghanaian came to Nigerian n learnt how to speak they can't even speak it very well fluently . Me as a Nigerian can either relate or prefer south Cameroonian pigin cos they re in our border n close to us was even with us before sharing the country . Sierra Leon n Liberia pigin than ghana . Ghanaian can't speak it they came to Nigeria n they saw that's how we Nigerian communicate 💯. Ghanains re no for twi language which they all speak in their lil country
@@kissPhamous
Yes i stand your foot or by you even Sierra leone and Liberia they all speak pidgin only that the Nigerians have the numbers to make it huge / popular or trend
I am Ghanaian and he is right. I am in my late 40s and my parents and uncles used to say that often that it was new. The Ghana must go folks introduced it big time. It was not a big thing previously with very few people speaking it. The old folks always complained about it when we were young that it mess up the English language in Ghana. It used to be associated to street folks and was frowned upon back in the 80's.
Mum is Ghanian, Dad is Nigerian... The combo is left for your imagination.
Nice combination!
Lmao love Ghana and Ghanaians. From a Nigerian ❤
Nigerians are witty and know how to throw shots... It's in us😂 I rep Port Harcourt 🇳🇬
My pitakwa brother!!!
PH babe here too👍
Nigeria pidgin has it's own slang. For instance a man from Warri, Edo or port Harcourt could speak pidgin yet an Hausa, Ibo or Yoruba person would not understand them
For example what is the meaning of evian dey
I love Warri pidgin
Facts
Delta, Edo, rivers pigeon is on another level
Edo babe we no dey carry last😅😅😂😂
NIGERIA has about 5 types of pidgins...
1. Benin pidgin
2. Warri.
3.Portharcourt
4.hausa / midbelt pidgin
5. General pidgin.
Oga! Hausa and middle belt pidgin is NOT the same. Wetin dey do una sef. Yoruba msn wey nor dey travel. Middle belt pidgin varies, In Benue, Tiv man pidgin diffrnt, Jukun pidgin diff, In naija Nupe and gbagyi soeak pidgin with some tongue...Nigeria is fucking huge than even Nigerians realise.
Lagos pidgin
@@olajideoladapo7304 dats not a thing
@@olajideoladapo7304 guy nothing like that, come warri or sapele mk we teach u better pidgin....every place diff sha
There's Slang and there's pidgin language, don't confuse both!
This is my first time hearing ghana pidgin 😂😂😂omo is too funny😂😂😂😂 2:42
Nigeria pidgin English is as old as wen the British came into NIGERIA 🇳🇬. Our grandparents spoke the language. It's not recently Nigerians started speaking the pidgin English. Our grandparents handed it down to us, while Ghana pidgin English was learned recently when Nigerians started schooling in Ghana.. The sincere Ghanaians who were students in Legon, Kumasi University science and Technology, etc. They would testified about. Throughout my stay in Ghana, nobody spoke pidgin English in my hearing because I was born there in the late 50s and in the early 60. This pidgin English is a new language in Ghana and they got the inspiration from Nigeria through our students who went to Ghana to school and through social media. It is good to learn from us so as to communicate freely. Long life Nigerians and Ghanaians.
7:55 in 🇳🇬 it is "I wan go sleep ". That is the simplest form of pidgin.
In Ghana we also say , I wan go nap.
@oseitututawiah2109 ok That one is close too.
Or I wan rest my head
@bolu5120 That may be 1or 2 generations before us
@@oseitututawiah2109 with slangs in Naija it becomes I wan go crash
NAIJA no dsy carry last.
Very Proudly Nigerian 🇳🇬
This is hilarious, but the thing about Nigerian pigin is that it's fluid, most times we actually don't want you to understand us straight up. If you know, you know that's the idea.
🤣🤣🤣. and then there is ... Liberian pidgin and the southen Cameroon. The Nigerian guy is right though. soooo many variations of pidgin in Nigeria. e.g. a typical northener will have a hard time understanding pidgin from Warri while a Lagosian will more than likely understand about 70% of any variation spoken in the continent cos its a boiling pot of people from all over the country.
Nigeria speaks all 4 types of pidgin english which include warri pidgin, PH pidgin, Ajegunle pidgin and normal general pidgin english 🟢⚪🟢
There is Hausa pidgin too: "this yaro which one I dey? I dey pine I talk. I no dey pine I talk!
@@enetamuno5953 that one no dey inside. No dey fall my hand now.😂😂😂😂
Lol no downgrade Hausa na kai I dei talk like say I no no say Hausa ferson no dei sfeak figin too abamana.. Abeg no forget calabar pigin self o Enugu pigin o,Ijebu pigin self na die o lolz just kidding
Not only 4
Dey pass 4
Ghanaian and Nigeria are having fun all time i remembered when i wanted to travel to Benin Republic via a Nigeria told me go through Ghana where u can understand each other
Beautiful ❤️ Ghana 🇬🇭 is the motherland ❤️
Next time the person to represent Nigeria should be someone from Edo or Delta state because we are the best in Pidgin/Broken English. After 26 years in Diaspora I can still speak it fluently as if I never left.
Facts ☝️
FACTS
Or Port Harcourt
That boy no bi am
The reason ours is more dynamic is because we actually speak pidgin as a parallel language that morphs over time... On the other hand, in Ghana its just a now and then thing.
Pidgin is not natural to them. When speaking they throw a few pidgin phrases here and there and can’t hold a full conversation in pidgin. Whenever they speak it appears forced. Unlike Nigeria, Liberia, Cameron, and Sierra Leone where pidgin is smooth and natural.
Ghana speak twi just like we speak pigin
Pigin English originated from WARRI, DELTA STATE.
Which is the South Southern part of Nigeria
the nigerian knows what he's saying. there's a normal pidgin and a warri pidgin. the warri pidgin is nearly another language.
Nigerians and Ghanaians are always at it 🤣🤣🤣
pidgin is not really part of us as Ghanaians to the extent that it is usually the guys who speak it. but it is gradually changing where now ladies also speak pidgin. so in my opinion, Nigerians predominantly speak pidgin more than Ghanaians
Thats true and Ghana pidgin is mostly spoken by young people. A lot of people pick it up in college/university while Nigerian Pidgin seems like a large percentage of the population regardless of age or education can speak it
That's true fact
I will agree to this.
Spot on. Pidgin is popularly Nigerian. Ghanaians are coming along due to influences from university/colleges. It's gained roots across the youthful population over the years. I give it to Nigeria as the owners of pidgin. GH is coming along faster and better
Pidgin is everywhere in Naija. Young and old speak it.
These two are a trip! Ghana Naija two cousins always beefing but interconnect.
Tooo funny 😆
Nigeria has the language called Broken, Pidgin, and ghetto slang
No be lie..tell dem make dem comprisone your caprisone
Man this is hilarious 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬❤️❤️❤️
Dear Demochets, this is yet another lovely video! It seems that the guys are just playing up the NG/GH beef for entertainment though 😂. We aren't always bickering at each other like this in real life.
Re: Nigerian Pidgin, the area that was carved out and named Nigeria is very large. The creators roped together many diverse ethnic groups, some without cultural affinity, and imposed their own language and culture on them. This mix involves some 500 languages, each with further dialects. And so, Pidgin English evolved to bridge the ensuing communication gap. Those with the means and interest go to school to learn Western Education and Western languages, typically English and/or French. However, not all have the means (e.g. the poor) or the interest (e.g. nomadic tribes). Therefore, not all speak Standard English and those with more diversity have evolved Pidgin English. Those with less diversity, such as Northern Nigeria where Hausa is predominantly spoken, are less likely to speak Nigerian Pidgin English as there is less/no need for it. Due to their Arabic/Islamic influence, they are also less receptive of Westernisation. However, in Southern, Western and Eastern Nigeria where there are more languages and dialects, Pidgin English not only exists but is dynamic, constantly changing. The most dynamic being the South-South region. If you travel out of Nigeria for a few months and return, there will be new words and phrases to learn. It changes that fast! The older generations tend to speak 'traditional Pidgin' while the younger ones keep tabs on the new slang words and phrases. Hence, older Nigerians would say 'I wan sleep,' while it's the younger ones who would say 'I wan crash.' I don't think any grandmas or grandpas envision 'crashing' onto a bed after a hard day's work! Older Nigerians would say 'I dey komot Nigeria' (I am leaving/emigrating out of Nigeria) while younger Nigerians might say 'I dey japa,' where 'japa' is slang for emigrating. I say this to explain that some of what our Nigerian brother in the video is saying is Nigerian slang. It is therefore culturally derived and specific to a context. Hence Nigerian Pidgin English varies from region to region and also across generations. If you had older speakers in the video, they might have used 'more traditional' words and phrases. Same with those who speak 'King's English' and those who don't. The 'King's English' speakers might speak a 'posh' variety. ❤
I wan crash for bed😂
@Oma, If I had to explain it, I would have done it just how you did it. You explained it soooo well & FACTUALLY.
My brother, you dey yan
Gbam! you dun talk am finish..My brother your head dei dia..aswear you too sabi.
Dbros, u make sense die. U talk am finish! Bravo.
I love the way you guys love our culture. 😍
Yes, they always pick up whatever that is ours and make it theirs.
Thanks guys for promoting these diversity
Respect to the Queen, you nailed that No wahala. It was on point ( try cool down, no wahala). just like the Nigeria guy said, there are so many slang in Nigeria pidgin. Most time people forget they are not speaking the fluent pidgin. I am from the south side, where the pidgin is top-notch. Even other Nigerians laugh at our pidgin sentences. Like instead of saying I wan chop, south south will say I wan wa le. Calm down, we say kprooo. It's just slang.
I'm a Ghanaian but I like Nigerian pidgin
I’m Cameroonian. Border with Nigeria but we speak both french and English so our pidgin is even more complex with mother tongue, english pidgin and french words😂😂
You are Ambazonian, HELLO !!!
@@ndingere7857 🤣🤣🤣🤣
We don't speak french in Nigeria
@@nyebedaniel3871some do- it is even taught in the school
Hahaha!! Ghana n Nigeria we 4ever brothers. No matter the different ways we both speak our pidgin english we can still understand each other without any effort.
In nigerian different states speaks pidgin in a different way like warri they gat their style
While Ghana and Nigerians fight for food kenyas and Tanzania fight for language... One love from +254🇰🇪🇰🇪
10/10 for the wahala proverb. You can use wahala in that context. you guys are right
They learn their pigin from Nigeria movie 😂😂😂😂 Ghana hooo one love sha
NIGERIA DON"T HAVE MOVIE, THEY HAVE RITUAL DRAMA
@@georgeappiah8314 👀🤭🥵🤣
@@georgeappiah8314 wwll said 😂🤣
@@georgeappiah8314 ok and what does Ghana have porn movies 😂 because of this couple and what they stand for I will not answer any crying baby Ghanaian in this comment section again make Una shift joor 🙄🙄🙄
Nigerian pidgin can change depending on a lot of factors; context, age group, location ... :
Example: What is your name?
Wetin be your name?
Who you be?
Who be this one?
wida you?
Identify yourself?
Wetin dem call you sef?
etc...
Wetin be your naming ceremony lolz
We be Godfather to Africa ❤
Nigeria is big brother to all Africa countries.
Ghana is😂😂😂😂😂
@@jacobadusei8754 you dey even laugh yourself with wetn you just talk ,mumu
@@okaforonyeka7547 Nigeria is giant by population that is all small Ghana have more reserved resources than big Nigeria as an economist I will choose Ghana over Nigeria any day
We don’t eat okra soup with bread 😂 bro you dey cap 🧢 cos we dey give you back too back 🎉😂😂🎉
This guy did well with the pidgin, he tried love your reactions 😁
You did well with your use of Wahala... really cool!
Ghana also have so many types pidgin school one n also street one
No dey don't
@@joyuyoke4999 why are u Ghanaian ???
When Nigerians speak pigin, especially among guys, they love to throw in codes that will stretch your mind a bit, Ghana pigin is too literal....
Ghana have different types of pigdin. The coded ones are streets ones in Ghana
We love and hate each other at the same time 😂
There are actually different ways people speak pidgin in Nigeria. There’s the warri pidgin as the nigerian guy in the video mentioned and the port harcourt pidgin
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Nigerian pidgin is diverse. I was born and brought up in Warri and when I left home for school in PH, the pidgin was different with a lot of strange slangs. Just for your better understanding ; Slangs play a big role in pidgin over here in Nigeria.
Every colonized country has a form of *BROKEN ENGLISH because of Colonizers not *Pidgin, point of correction. Anybody can speak broken English as English itself is not our first language and is easy to get incorrect grammatically. On the other hand, Pidgin has GRAMMATICAL RULES.
It is an art form. It is a combination of creative influences from different Nigerian ethnic groups due to schooling in different states over the course of colonization not to talk of NYSC, iykyk.
Nigerian pidgin is constant individual comedic improv and creativity. It varies by region and is deeply rooted in our post colonial culture.
The English DID NOT give us pidgin. They gave us English and Nigerians MADE pidgin with it!
Nigerian Pidgin is on top no other pidgin is Africa comes close😂😂😂 they basically learnt pidgin from us.
Tell them o. Tell those Ghanaians imitators that won't mind their business.
Ghanaian Pidgin no even sweet for mouth
@@priscaoluchi7002even Ghanaians admit this
The beauty of Nigeria pigin is it can be tweaked
The banter is Real....
But we are best of both worlds.....
Ghana 🇬🇭 and NIGERIA 🇳🇬
The Ghanaian pidgin is more stylish and more gang with English style.
Guy you are capping.this is blind patriotism.the student can never out shine the master.u Ghanaians learnt it from us.thats why ur pidgin is too rigid.predictable and without dept.unlike nigerian pidgin that Is very dynamic and flexible.with a lot of range and dept.
What y'all need to understand is Ghana's pidgin is a fusion of English and several local languages like Hausa, Ga, Twi, Ewe, etc.
See this mumu
@@samuelbaah7017 see this annamu
@@samuelbaah7017 but what @baba Issah said is true
The same for Nigerian Pidgin lmao- we literally have more than 500 languages spoken in Nigeria.
@@samuelbaah7017you fool too much Jon!
Pidgin was invented in Nigeria, Ghana only tries to do it now, how can you compare..
😂😂😂😂 Who told you that pigin is from NIGERIA, concert. Even french, Portuguese and Spanish have their own type of pigin. But GHANA pigin is far better than NIGERIA pigin.
Cu r right in the use of wahala.
U can also say “u 4 chill hot body no Dey Comot wahala”
Warri pigin is different ooooo even me that understand pigin I can't stand their own 😂
Both answers comes with fight 🇬🇭🇳🇬
The two are alike. The Ghanians pidgin is also correct in Nigerian palance
Ghanaians learn de pidgin when the came to Nigeria in the 90s
Nigeria pidgin is more like parable😂😂
You know Ghana and Nigeria are pretty much the same. They are so alike.
Pidgin is a Nigerian thing and has 3 variance of her pidgin.
Yes, the Nigerian pidgin spread from Nigeria to neighbouring countries like Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo.
This is the reason why Nigeria leads Africa in lifestyle, culture, food, music, movies, tech, banking, people and co.
It's not true pidgin was spoken between the British n the local people who couldn't speak proper English. Nigeria doesn't lead in all u stated except the music n movie , even the music it was jux recent.
@@kissPhamouswhen awilo and co were leading African music where was Nigeria
@@niiadjeidsane9071 they always lie to make themselves feel good.
@@niiadjeidsane9071 Awilo/Makosa was a hit same as the Azonto and now Amapiano. But guess what! Nigeria has always been the hub of entertainment in Africa right from day 1.
Awilo was amplified by the Nigerians which he also confirmed. He has more fans in Nigeria than anywhere including his home country.
If Nigeria don't vibe to your stuff, it's going nowhere.
@@kissPhamous British spoke pidgin English 😂😂😂😂
Park well 😄😄😄 pidgin is a composition of slang from tribes in Nigeria(wazobia) with it's original root traced to the old Benin.
We are from Ghana 🇬🇭
Nigeria has more than 3 types of pidgin
YEAH , ITS TRUE; HAUSA, YORUBA, IGBO, LOL
It funny how Ghana was a country before Nigeria became one but they always want to disrespect us. In fact Ghana helped Nigeria gain independence from the Brits. We taught them how to do it. Come to think of it, they are still struggling to be a country.
There’s nothing like that in Ghana masa
The honest truth is that Pigin English is found in Nigeria, the Ghanaians speaking that language bonded it from Nigeria to back history you're gonna find more about this. Ghanaians once lived in Nigeria for years
The rivalry between Ghana and Nigeria is generational. And it's on all sphere including sports
The rivalry is only in the mind of Ghanaians. We are not your rivals and we don’t consider you as rivals
@@Damian-rt3rt facts
@Damian thank you. The rivalry comes from an insecurity to always measure up to Nigeria. Nigeria is already at the top. We never thought about them except recently that we finally gave into their tantrums for us to give them attention.
@@gtail942 keep dreaming bro. U think every Ghanaian always wakes up with Nigerians in mind. So bold of u to call it insecurity.
@@Damian-rt3rt the opposite
We Nigerians speak the general pidgin as well as regional one(this type has much influence from the ethnic groups and lots of slangs words). But a person from kaduna, a Northern state in Nigeria can speak pidgin switching among all the varieties.
Nigerians speaks the best Pidgin English in Africa , they speaks it from Babies to old age. Ghanaians learns the Pidgin from Nigerians in the 70th when Ghanaians went there to Hustle n they brought it back to Ghana
Who is deceiving you? Every english country in Africa has some sort of pidjin cos of our colonizers. People wanted to communicate with their colonizers but couldn't speak like them and so made do with the little and that was when pidjin known as broken English came to being so please educate yourself. Sierra Leone even has thiers called Cleo so nobody learnt from you bro.
Who lied to you broken English is spoken in all English speaking countries in Africa I a Ghanaian but I love the Sierra leonean pidgin Krio
Naija pidgin na ur mate...We naija can use pidgin to sell you with our deep slang
You people you talk too much we deported you first so when you were coming to hustle at first where was your pidgin you hide it from us and later we came to learn from you or don't you know you came to hustle and some of you were deported why are you like always everything started from your nigeria
You only know your history not others
I want to buy that Nigeria bro one Bear bottle he was cold love
13:43 hahaha I cannot believe sierra just said that and she said it with feeling too. Hahaha. A beg!
Y’all need to pay more attention to the english part of Cameron the pidgin here is crazy… but kinda nicer❤
Like for example on #01 well ask “ya name na weti???
The difference between Nigerian pidgin and others is that Nigerian pidgin have pidgin verbs, and original words as substitutes for English words; other pidgin traditions cut and join English words to make sentences. For instance, don (has), shebi (right?), comot (get out) wahala (problem), okpata (mess up) dey (is) nah(it) e (it), etc. This is just my subjective view. I love all pidgin (croelle) spoken in Africa. Diversity is the spice of life. None is better than the other. Language is for communication. As long as we are communicating, we're good 👍🏾 Nice reaction!
Our pidgin is deep because we originated it. The rest of Africa simply copied ans are teying to build theirs.
You can say: Abeg cool your temper, e no fit make this wahala waka ooo. 😂
12:18 The wahala got me rolling. You got it sister
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