Nigerian English

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature distinct pronunciation
unique vocabulary
unique grammar
gptkbp:firstAttested 19th century
gptkbp:hasDistinctiveSpelling gptkb:go-slow
agbada
chop
long-leg
okada
to blow
to carry last
to chop life
to dash
to dey
to flex
to gbadun
to gbam
to gbe body
to gbege
to gbese
to gist
to gist with
to hammer
to hustle
to japa
to jollof
to jor
to kolo
to kpai
to kpeme
to kpokpo
to kpuff
to kpuff kpuff
to kpuff kpuff kpuff
to kpuff kpuff kpuff kpuff
to kpuff kpuff kpuff kpuff kpuff
to kpuff kpuff kpuff kpuff kpuff kpuff
to package
to pepper dem
to run things
to sabi
to scatter
to settle
to sharp
to shine your eye
to show yourself
to slay
to swag
to turn up
to vex
to waka
to waka pass
to yarn
to yarn dust
to zobo
wahala
gptkbp:hasFeature gptkb:Standard_Nigerian_English
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom Hausa
Igbo
Yoruba
other Nigerian languages
gptkbp:hasNonStandardForms gptkb:Nigerian_Pidgin_English
gptkb:colloquial_Nigerian_English
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nigerian English
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Nigerian_Pidgin
indigenous Nigerian languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 eng
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkb:English_language
gptkb:Germanic_languages
gptkb:Anglic_languages
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_English
gptkb:American_English
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:usedIn business in Nigeria
education in Nigeria
government in Nigeria
media in Nigeria
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anglais
gptkb:Αγγλικά
gptkb:English_language
gptkb:New_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5