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Nigerian English

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Search complete. 22 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Nigerian English".

Oct 21, 2026

AmakriHOST
80:36
He told the story in such a way that those in Europe, just like you said, books are windows, they understood the East reading "Things Fall Apart." "Things Fall Apart" is about the only book from Nigeria that m- most universities use in their literature class because he was so original in his conveying of that message.
AmakriHOST
81:01
The language he used, the Nigerian English as we talk about now, flawless.
AmakriHOST
81:08
I don't know why they didn't give him the prize.
AmakriHOST
81:12
Hmm? They didn't give him Nobel Prize.
Jimi DisuHOST
9:47
[upbeat music] Our conversation captures everything that makes a great conversation.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
10:03
Nigerian English is not exactly standard English.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
10:06
It will only produce results if we have judges that have fear of God.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
10:09
Many women may not realize they're anemic until it's quite severe.

33 MINS LATER

speaker_32SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
43:42
And the preoccupation of Western governments and the media with, uh, the so-called China debt trap might well be an overreaction.
speaker_19ADVERTISER
43:51
[upbeat music] Our conversation captures everything that makes a great conversation
speaker_31NARRATOR
44:01
Nigerian English is not exactly standard English
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
44:04
It will only produce result if we have judges that have fear of God
Bonshak DandakGUEST
3:06
So we will keep hearing until we become what we have been hearing.
Bonshak DandakGUEST
3:13
Did you get it? So if I tell somebody, come, you know in Nigerian English, you say, come, where are you going? The person is going this way, but you tell them, I'm coming, I'm coming.
Bonshak DandakGUEST
3:26
Do you get it? It's only us that have the capacity to do that.
Bonshak DandakGUEST
3:30
You're going away, but you're telling, I'm coming.

Unknown podcast

The Etymology of Parliament: From French Speech to World Governance

Sep 30 · 9 Mentions

Josh LinskHOST
10:46
You'll hear words like senior wife, a concept from Igbo society, or gaskiya, meaning truth from Hausa, slipping into everyday speech.
Josh LinskHOST
10:56
Phonologically, Nigerian English often drops the final consonant cluster, turning text into tex.
Josh LinskHOST
11:06
And it has a distinctive intonation that can sound almost sing-song to outsiders.
Josh LinskHOST
11:12
Grammar-wise, you'll notice the use of the habitual marker 'de', borrowed from West African languages.
Josh LinskHOST
11:25
And then there's Nigerian Pidgin, an English-based creole that functions as a lingua franca for millions.
Josh LinskHOST
11:31
It's like a linguistic smoothie that blends English with local flavor.
Josh LinskHOST
11:35
In classrooms, teachers are grappling with whether to teach standard Nigerian English or allow Pidgin in write, in writing assignments, and the debate spills over into national media.
Josh LinskHOST
11:47
There's a prestige gap.

Unknown podcast

Rhotic Revolution: How America’s R Became a Prestige Sound

Sep 30 · 7 Mentions

Josh LinskHOST
14:03
The language has absorbed Yoruba proverbs, Hausa idioms, and Igbo tonal contours, making its grammar a hybrid that rivals even some Creoles.
Josh LinskHOST
14:13
Standard Nigerian English, often called ENNG, is the language of schools, courts, and news anchors.
Josh LinskHOST
14:21
It follows British norms but has its own flavor.
Josh LinskHOST
14:24
Meanwhile, Nigerian Pidgin, known locally as Naija, serves as a lingua franca across ethnic groups, blending English roots with local syntax.
Josh LinskHOST
14:35
Its spread is fueled by informal media, music videos, and the viral reach of social platforms where slang thrives.
Josh LinskHOST
14:42
The vowel system in Nigerian English shows a high degree of retention from indigenous languages.
Josh LinskHOST
14:49
For instance, the diphthong often collapses to a monophthong.
Josh LinskHOST
14:55
Consonant inventory also diverges.

Unknown podcast

From Empire to Global Englishes: How Colonial Tongues Became Modern Dialects

Sep 30 · 1 Mention

Josh LinskHOST
2:31
Nigeria's English now incorporates Yoruba and Igbo phrases that never existed in British schools.
Josh LinskHOST
2:38
That hybridization gives Nigerian English its own rhythm.
Josh LinskHOST
2:43
Think of the way make turns into mache when speakers shift between dialects.
Josh LinskHOST
2:49
Fast-forward to the 1970s, and scholars began noticing a pattern they called World Englishes.
speaker_11ADVERTISER
7:00
[upbeat music] Our conversation captures everything that makes a great conversation.
speaker_15UNKNOWN
7:23
Nigerian English is not exactly standard English.
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
7:26
It will only produce result if we have judges that are feared of God.
speaker_17VOICE_ACTOR
7:29
Many women may not realize they are anemic until it's quite severe.

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