
Nigerian English
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Search complete. 22 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Nigerian English".
Oct 21, 2026
S5 Ep. 307 A Writing Coach Teaches Kids How Stories Travel
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80:36AmakriHOST
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.
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81:01AmakriHOST
The language he used, the Nigerian English as we talk about now, flawless.
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81:08AmakriHOST
I don't know why they didn't give him the prize.
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81:12AmakriHOST
Hmm? They didn't give him Nobel Prize.
The Daily Digest with Jimi Disu
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9:47Jimi DisuHOST
[upbeat music] Our conversation captures everything that makes a great conversation.
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10:03speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Nigerian English is not exactly standard English.
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10:06speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It will only produce results if we have judges that have fear of God.
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10:09speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Many women may not realize they're anemic until it's quite severe.
33 MINS LATER
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43:42speaker_32SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the preoccupation of Western governments and the media with, uh, the so-called China debt trap might well be an overreaction.
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43:51speaker_19ADVERTISER
[upbeat music] Our conversation captures everything that makes a great conversation
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44:01speaker_31NARRATOR
Nigerian English is not exactly standard English
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44:04speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It will only produce result if we have judges that have fear of God
Restoring the Earth By Me — Fellowship, Personal Governance, and the Triune Witness | Pastor Bonshak | August 30th
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3:06Bonshak DandakGUEST
So we will keep hearing until we become what we have been hearing.
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3:13Bonshak DandakGUEST
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.
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3:26Bonshak DandakGUEST
Do you get it? It's only us that have the capacity to do that.
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You're going away, but you're telling, I'm coming.
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Unknown podcast
The Etymology of Parliament: From French Speech to World Governance
Sep 30 · 9 Mentions
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10:46Josh LinskHOST
You'll hear words like senior wife, a concept from Igbo society, or gaskiya, meaning truth from Hausa, slipping into everyday speech.
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10:56Josh LinskHOST
Phonologically, Nigerian English often drops the final consonant cluster, turning text into tex.
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11:06Josh LinskHOST
And it has a distinctive intonation that can sound almost sing-song to outsiders.
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11:12Josh LinskHOST
Grammar-wise, you'll notice the use of the habitual marker 'de', borrowed from West African languages.
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11:25Josh LinskHOST
And then there's Nigerian Pidgin, an English-based creole that functions as a lingua franca for millions.
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11:31Josh LinskHOST
It's like a linguistic smoothie that blends English with local flavor.
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11:35Josh LinskHOST
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.
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11:47Josh LinskHOST
There's a prestige gap.
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Unknown podcast
Rhotic Revolution: How America’s R Became a Prestige Sound
Sep 30 · 7 Mentions
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14:03Josh LinskHOST
The language has absorbed Yoruba proverbs, Hausa idioms, and Igbo tonal contours, making its grammar a hybrid that rivals even some Creoles.
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14:13Josh LinskHOST
Standard Nigerian English, often called ENNG, is the language of schools, courts, and news anchors.
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14:21Josh LinskHOST
It follows British norms but has its own flavor.
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14:24Josh LinskHOST
Meanwhile, Nigerian Pidgin, known locally as Naija, serves as a lingua franca across ethnic groups, blending English roots with local syntax.
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14:35Josh LinskHOST
Its spread is fueled by informal media, music videos, and the viral reach of social platforms where slang thrives.
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14:42Josh LinskHOST
The vowel system in Nigerian English shows a high degree of retention from indigenous languages.
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14:49Josh LinskHOST
For instance, the diphthong often collapses to a monophthong.
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14:55Josh LinskHOST
Consonant inventory also diverges.
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From Empire to Global Englishes: How Colonial Tongues Became Modern Dialects
Sep 30 · 1 Mention
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2:31Josh LinskHOST
Nigeria's English now incorporates Yoruba and Igbo phrases that never existed in British schools.
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2:38Josh LinskHOST
That hybridization gives Nigerian English its own rhythm.
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2:43Josh LinskHOST
Think of the way make turns into mache when speakers shift between dialects.
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2:49Josh LinskHOST
Fast-forward to the 1970s, and scholars began noticing a pattern they called World Englishes.
The Daily Digest with Jimi Disu
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7:00speaker_11ADVERTISER
[upbeat music] Our conversation captures everything that makes a great conversation.
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7:23speaker_15UNKNOWN
Nigerian English is not exactly standard English.
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7:26speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It will only produce result if we have judges that are feared of God.
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7:29speaker_17VOICE_ACTOR
Many women may not realize they are anemic until it's quite severe.