Pidgin English-OVERVIEW

Introduction

 Overview

Formed from numerous languages and influences, Pidgin is a wide term covering a range of regional hybrids, which evolved through historical events such as the spread of Empires, settlement, migration and international trade.

Found in Africa (West African Pidgins include Nigerian Pidgin, Cameroonian Pidgin, Sierra Leone Krio), Indonesia (Tok Pisin, spoken in Papua New Guinea), parts of Asia and the Caribbean, English derived Pidgins are inventive, innovative, and often quite literal. For example in Tok Pisin, 'gras bilong het' (or grass belong head) simply means 'hair'.

Taking more of a 'baby-speak' approach, Pidgins can seem to imitate toddler speech or phrasing (having no tones, simple vowels etc) - and in effect are used for the same purpose - to get what you want quickly, using whatever communication and terms of reference you can. A few well placed words and gestures were all that was originally needed, and the language evolved from there. (Source: http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/originsofpidgin.htm )

It is without doubt the most commonly spoken language in Africa today."PIDGIN ENGLISH." It comes as a first language to some ethnic groups across Africa. Started off as a means of communication between market traders, Jehovah's Missionaries, slave traders and their slaves, to a language being used in many different genre's such as;

•  Music
• Comedy
• Movies
• Arts and Fashion
• Advertisement and a lot more.

        It's also gaining widespread recognition on Social media, as many people tend to use it a lot 

     for interaction. 

       Despite its ubiquity, pidgin english still faces rave opposition from intelects in our continent and        it's being dubbed, the  "lay Man's Language".Its banned from being spoken at educational                  centers and administrative zones.

"Its banned from being spoken at educational centers and administrative zones."

  This blog aims at exposing pidgin english fully to the world by bringing together all possible pidgin    works both from the internet and personal experiences.

It shines light on the social network application  called"tori" .

"tori", as the name goes is an application for pidgin speakers.It allows users post (nak tori) in different categories.The main available categories are

• njakri
• mutumber
• fashion
• arts,

and if those aren't enough, users have the ability to add and customise.

If your good at jokes, then you will always want to use the "njakri" category

It allows users to upvote(e waka) or downvote(e no waka) a tori.

It comes with a set of pidgin stickers, which can be updated over time, and a lot more.

That would be all for now.

Thanks for reading, please stay tuned.