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This document compares the varieties of West African Pidgin English spoken in Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon. It summarizes that while the varieties are structurally similar, they also exhibit distinguishing features, particularly in phonology, grammar, and lexicon. The varieties more closely correspond to the national variety of West African English spoken in their respective countries. The document aims to provide the first systematic contrastive description of the three varieties based on interviews with o

Author

Araceli Enríquez

Language

EN