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| elvisrules Tetraglot Senior Member BelgiumRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5469 days ago 286 posts - 390 votes  Speaks: French, English*, Dutch, Flemish Studies: Lowland Scots, Japanese, German | Message 9 of 14 07 April 2010 at 12:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Didn't I answer this already? They will probably use their tribal language if they are from the same tribe, and pidgin if not. Do I know of any proper research to back this up? No, but that's my honest opinion, take it or leave it.
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| Po-ru Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5480 days ago 173 posts - 235 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean, Spanish, Norwegian, Mandarin, French | Message 10 of 14 07 April 2010 at 1:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
I appreciate your reply very much but I am still looking for a more certain answer. Specifically something slightly more concrete. I am not sure if you are in Japan or China, but I believe you are in Belgium. The majority of Nigerians in Belgium MAY mainly be speaking Igbo while the majority of Nigerians in Japan MAY be speaking Yoruba, or they all might be speaking pidgin. Since I can't really distinguish the languages, I'd like some more knowledge about them. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ennime Tetraglot Senior Member South Africa universityofbrokengl Joined 5904 days ago 397 posts - 507 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto, Afrikaans Studies: Xhosa, French, Korean, Portuguese, Zulu | Message 11 of 14 07 April 2010 at 2:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
Well, you are assuming that Yoruba Nigerians mostly migrate to Japan and Igbo Nigerians migrate to Belgium... but that's a farfetched assumption. Comparing it to South-Africans (black South Africans)... they speak whatever language they speak with their own linguistic groups outside South-Africa (as I noticed among some English teachers in South Korea) and English or whatever creole, slang, mixed language they usually speak with each other if they're not from the same linguistic group. Although in case of South Africans, English seems to be usually the case. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| global_gizzy Senior Member United States maxcollege.blogspot. Joined 5703 days ago 275 posts - 310 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 12 of 14 08 April 2010 at 1:23am | IP Logged | |||||
I've told you. You are going to HAVE TO ASK THEM what they are speaking...if you cant/couldn't tell just from listening, how is anyone else on this board, who only has your OP to go by, supposed to know? You're going to have walk up to one of them, excuse yourself, get their attention and ASK them. I'm sorry, but that is the only way to find out. Its likely they are speaking their tribal languages but its equally likely that they could be speaking any combination of languages amongst themselves. Edited by global_gizzy on 08 April 2010 at 1:27am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| susjosa Newbie United States Joined 5617 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 13 of 14 30 May 2010 at 11:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Most, if not all Nigerians (fresh from Nigeria) speak pidgin. This is basically street English, with a few alterations. For example "Waiting you de talk?" means "What are you saying?" I would understand how it would seem like a different language, also taking into account thier accents. Those who do not speak pidgin just speak regular English.
As for the languages, the main types I know of are Benin, Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa. If people of the same language are speaking in the house, they will speak in that language. If it is outside, they will speak Pidgin or English. I am not really sure how to figure out which one they are other than through global gizzy's reccomendation. I hope it helped. Edited by susjosa on 30 May 2010 at 11:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 14 of 14 31 May 2010 at 9:02am | IP Logged | |||||
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I have known quite a few Nigerians from work and Christian events here in London. There is a HUGE Nigerian diaspora in London at least, and probably around Europe to a smaller degree.
Conditions there are not great in Nigeria and plenty people don't care about sticking around and improving the country, they just want to get out... I think most of them want to get to to the UK in particular, possible the US, Canada or Japan although that's harder to achieve. Hard for them to get visas. The majority of those who succeed are urban "middle class" type people from Lagos, with an education. Not your tribal bush girl/guy, although such people can probably be found too. But everyone I got to know have said they are from Lagos. They tend to be conservative and religiously (Christian) minded. They speak English as a second language, almost a mother tongue but NOT English as we know it. It's a pidgin version. That's what I've heard them speak between themselves. They throw in lots of words in some other language and the accent is very thick.I think that's the trend in Africa, like Emmine said: People mix & match and use whatever they can communicate with the other party in, without thinking much about it. One woman I know speaks another language (not English) with her husband, but I don't know what language that is. She has a son whom she speaks English with. I asked a guy at church about it once and he said his mother tongue was Yoruba but he was just as happy speaking English. I agree with previous posters: If you want to know about what the people you are referring to are speaking, you have to ask them. We here haven't got a clue about it, it's not the sort of thing that people know, and the Nigerians themselves prefer to be regarded by others as fully English speaking. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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