Nigerian English

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Nigerian English
Region	Nigeria
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English African English Nigerian English
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Old English Middle English Early Modern English 19th century British English
Writing system	Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille
Official status
Official language in	Nigeria
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	sout3331
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Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a variety of English spoken in Nigeria.^[1] Based on British English, the dialect contains various loanwords and collocations from the native languages of Nigeria, due to the need to express concepts specific to the cultures of ethnic groups in the nation (e.g. senior wife).^[2]

Nigerian Pidgin, a pidgin derived from English, is mostly used in informal conversations, but the Nigerian Standard English is used in politics, formal education, the media, and other official uses.