Nigerian Pidgin 2012 Edition (PCMWBT)

Overview

The Nigerian Pidgin 2012 Edition is a Bible translation into Nigerian Pidgin (also known as Naija), an English-based creole that serves as the most widely spoken lingua franca in Nigeria [1]. Nigerian Pidgin originated during the 17th and 18th centuries through contact between British traders and West African peoples during the Atlantic trade era, and has since grown to an estimated 121 million speakers, with approximately 5 million first-language speakers and 116 million second-language speakers, making it the most spoken language in Africa [1][2]. This translation was produced by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. in cooperation with The Nigerian Pidgin Translation Committee, with the full Bible (Old and New Testaments) completed and copyrighted by 2019-2020 [3][4]. The complete Bible bears the vernacular title "Holy Bible Nigerian Pidgin English" and is distributed under a Creative Commons license, reflecting the broad communicative reach of Pidgin across Nigeria's ethnically diverse population [3]. A standardized Nigerian Pidgin orthography developed in the 2010s facilitated the translation work, giving the language a harmonized writing system for Scripture and other literature [1].

Language and People

Nigerian Pidgin (ISO 639-3: pcm) is spoken by approximately 47,500,000 people. [Glottolog: nige1257]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.

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