Nigerian Pidgin developed from contact between English and Nigerian languages, and is spoken as a native language by 3-5 million people and as a second language by 75 million more. It originated as a way for different ethnic groups in Nigeria to communicate across language barriers, and is influenced by British colonization. While there are variations across Nigeria's 250+ ethnic groups, Nigerian Pidgin is most widely spoken in the Niger Delta region.

1. Nigerian Pidgin

2. Origins
● In some areas of Nigeria,
ethnic groups speak more
than one language. The
official language of Nigeria,
English, was chosen to
facilitate the cultural and
linguistic unity of the
country, due to the influence
of British colonisation that
ended in 1960.

3. Dialect
● Nigerian Pidgin is the
product of contact
between English and
Nigerian languages.

4. Speakers
● Nigerian Pidgin is the
native language of
approximately 3 to 5
million people and is
a second language
for at least another 75
million.

5. Variations
● Each of the 250 or
more ethnic groups in
Nigeria can converse
in this language,
though they usually
have their own
additional words.

6. Area
● Nigerian Pidgin is most
widely spoken in the oil rich
Niger-Delta where most of its
population speak it as their
first language.
● But other people speak
pidgin differently and in their
own ways all over Nigeria.

7. More Information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Pidgin

8. Video
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xbo3tCWZro&lis