As time passes, The use of English pidgin as communication code has increased. This is visible in a majority of former English colonies such as Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and even out of Africa in the city of Maryland in USA.
English pidgin is today use in all sectors of human, social,economic and religious life as a fast means of communicating information even to the uneducated. In Cameroon for example ,English Pidgin has become more of a creole as It's used has greatly breach the gap between the educated and uneducated.
English Pidgin has unarguably met all the criteria of being referred to as a standard language as it can be written and has a grammatical form but unfortunately it is yet to be standardized as a language.
I don't think so. A person who speaks either type of English and an indigenous language will be considered bilingual. In a similar way, a person who speaks Mexican Spanish and European Spanish, or a person who speaks Australian English and British English, are not considered bilingual either. Sara.
Just check the definition of 'bilingualism' and characteristics of a bilingual individual and see if a speaker of both Pidgin English and Standard English/ variety falls into that category.
Fokou Mukum Sandy Fomundam
Pidgin English is a variety of English so I am afraid you’re not speaking two different languages.
Bilingualism means speaking two languages. As Pidgin English is not even officially a separate language as I understand, it means no.
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