Alternate Names: Broken English, Brokin, Brokun, Nigerian Creole English, Nigerian Pidgin English
Dialects: Benin Pidgin, Cross River Pidgin, Delta Pidgin, Lagos Pidgin. No unified standard. Dialects may be very different from each other. Partially intelligible with Krio , of Sierra Leone and Cameroon Pidgin ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000,000 including L1 and L2 speakers.
Language Use: Increasing in importance and use. A creole with native speakers; also a pidgin between Africans and Europeans, and Africans from different languages. Used as L2 by Abanyom [abm], Bete-Bendi [btt], Efutop [ofu], Ekajuk [eka], Esan [ish], Iceve-Maci [bec], Nde-Nsele-Nta [ndd], Nkem-Nkum [isi], Nnam [nbp], Obanliku [bzy], Ogbah [ogc], Utugwang-Irungene-Afrike [afe].
Language Development: Poetry. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1957.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Nigeria