Barikanchi pidgin
| Barikanchi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
Native speakers | None[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bxo |
| Glottolog | bari1241 |
| ELP | Barikanchi |
Barikanchi (Barikanci), or Bastard Hausa,[2] is a pidgin of the Hausa language spoken in Nigeria,[3] principally in military barracks.[4] The language developed in the British Army barracks of northern Nigeria in the first part of the 20th century, and was used as a lingua franca among Nigerians of diverse language backgrounds.[5]
See also
- Gibanawa, another Hausa-based pidgin.
References
- ^ Barikanchi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Bede Osaji (1979). Language survey in Nigeria. Centre international de recherche sur le bilinguisme. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Cristiana Fiamingo (2000). L'Africa subsahariana: ambiente, storia, strutture di potere, lingue, popoli, religioni, cronologia, glossario. Edizioni Pendragon. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-88-8342-034-4. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Barbara F. Grimes; Joseph Evans Grimes; Summer Institute of Linguistics (1 November 2000). Ethnologue. SIL International. ISBN 978-1-55671-103-9. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Pidginization and Creolization of Languages. CUP Archive. pp. 518–. GGKEY:07X8JT2JN9L. Retrieved 17 September 2011.