This is how the Pidgin word "pikin" was coined from the Portuguese word "Pequeno" which means "small". When the British arrived, many people were forced to speak English mixed with Portuguese. So they spoke their language anyway and slowly, African slave traders began to pick it up.ĭuring the 17th century, the Nigerian Pidgin English originated as a lingua franca for trade purposes amongst the Nigerians and the Portuguese merchants. They desperately needed a form of communication for their business and religious reasons. User26578529978378 wrote: “Igbo to the world.At the start of the slave trade, the Portuguese arrived at the shores of West Africa but could not communicate. Ndubuisijudith826 said: “Is the fluency for me.” User5593086755895 commented: “The guy behind is probably Igbo cause he heared what they said in the first place… So he turned really quick.”ĪLSO READ: Hilarious video of lady with wide gap tooth pronouncing words in ‘oyinbo’ accent goes viral Luccipee reacted: “Am loving this guy already.” GorgeousCakes said: “See as Igbo sweet for your mouth chai.” His manner of speaking made many take to the comment section to express their thoughts.ĮasternDoctor said: “This one no be oyibo again oo, nna le Chukwuma o.”Īmas_thoughts wrote: “E com stand like igbo tooo.” The video stunned Netizens, who hailed the Oyinbo man for being able to speak like a proper Nigerian. He then went further to mention how some Nigerian banks’ services are very bad, which many took to mean he’d lived in Nigeria for some time. In the video shared on TikTok, the Nigerian man, who appeared to have purchased foodstuff from the Oyinbo, asked him in Igbo what bank he was using, and the white seller responded as if he was Nigerian. The caucasian apparently understood everything the Nigerian man said in Igbo and responded to him fluently in both Nigerian pidgin and the Igbo language as well.ĪLSO READ: Oyinbo teacher in UK calls attendance register in classroom full of Nigerians, video trends A Nigerian man abroad engaged a white man (Oyinbo) while speaking in Igbo and was amazed at his response.
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