For example mama Tola instead of iya Tola


“Kilo happen? Ma worry. Mo understand. Kosi problem. Mo sorry gan. Ma expect me. Ke ni nice day”

Is this the new (English) pidgin for Yorubaland, joining other sections of the country, who have specialised in killing their own Nigerian language by using mainly “pidgin” in the name of “communicating” with other groups?

The greatest tragedy in Yorubaland today however regarding language is the dominating trend to speak only English to their children, making it their first language, then sending them to private nursery school, who only teach in English and causing Yoruba children to value English above all other languages!

Yoruba children now do not know proper Yoruba and even as a result of this mixture do not know the real Yoruba words for “ma worry”, “check result” etc, Ask them or some of their parents and they will tell you they don’t know the original Yoruba for the popular phrases that many literate and non-literate leaders and followers commonly use throughout Yorubaland.

I have not researched the topic but I suspect that Hausa, is probably the most unpolluted language in Nigeria, and in all their films that I have seen no English there at all.


Dont get me wrong bEnglish is a lovely language but if this trend continues where will our language be in twenty years?

I'm pretty sure there's a lot of Arabic and Mande/Fulani words in Hausa.

Lol, There's a huge chance it's the most polluted.

“Kilo happen? Ma worry. Mo understand. Kosi problem. Mo sorry gan. Ma expect me. Ke ni nice day”

Mehn this is exactly how I talk. But I'm changing My Yoruba dictionary has been helpful lately.

LMAO . . . . but Yoruba sounds soo good with English words.

There are definitely a lot of arabic words in Hausa. Language is constantly changing. The American English that I speak now is not the same English that was spoken years ago. Language evolves and it is influence by a lot of things. Even the original yoruba langauge was probably influenced by another group or culture. Nothing remains stagnant. Just accept it and move with the flow.

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