Home › Entities › pidgin › Nigerian Pidgin

Nigerian Pidgin

English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria; originating in the 17th–18th centuries through contact between Britons and Africans during the Atlantic slave trade; the most widely spoken language in Nigeria after English
Intangible pidgin Q33655
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Nigerian Pidgin is associated with Nigeria.[1]

Nigerian Pidgin

Summary

Nigerian Pidgin is a pidgin[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of pidgin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nigerian Pidgin is in the country of Nigeria[3].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's instance of is recorded as pidgin[4].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Nigerian Pidgin is a type of English-based creole languages[7].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 5.3, 'lon': 6.4}[9].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nigerian Pidgin[10].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+47500000'}[11].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4700000'}[12].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pidgin'}[13].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's indigenous to is recorded as Nigeria[14].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PCM[15].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/17[16].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133079708[17].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[18].
  • Nigerian Pidgin's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include pidgin[4], language[5], and modern language[6]. Nigerian Pidgin is a type of English-based creole languages[7].

Why It Matters

Nigerian Pidgin ranks in the top 3% of pidgin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,108 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Abdulsalami Abubakar Abiodun Musa Aibinu Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Ademola Lookman Agbani Darego Ahmed Musa Alex Iwobi Amina J. Mohammed Anthony Olubunmi Okogie Asisat Oshoala Austin Ejide Ayila Yussuf Babatunde Adetokunbo Sofoluwe Ben Okri Buchi Emecheta Carsten Haitzler Celestine Babayaro Chidi Nwaogu Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chinedu Obasi Chinua Achebe Chioma Ajunwa Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Danny Shittu David Alaba Fela Kuti Finidi George Flora Nwapa Francis Arinze Francis Obikwelu

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 26th Edition. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Nigerian Pidgin. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/nigerian-pidgin
MLA “Nigerian Pidgin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/nigerian-pidgin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nigerian-pidgin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Nigerian Pidgin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nigerian-pidgin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Nigerian Pidgin — https://4ort.xyz/entity/nigerian-pidgin (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/nigerian-pidgin · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Danÿa · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikimedia language code → pcm
    Wikidata description → English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria; originat
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P424]]: pcm"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.