![]() In other words, Nigerians have found what we can call a lingua franca for themselves and that is no other than the Nigerian Pidgin English. On the effects of Nigerian pidgin on the English language, the respondents agreed that the use of Nigerian pidgin can have a negative effect on the written and spoken English of the undergraduates.The great people of Nigeria, with a rich heritage of over 250 ethnic groups and more than 521 languages, have somehow found a common ground, where each person can be heard clearly when conversing with his neighbor and still retain their native tongue. The result of the analysis showed that one of the reasons why the undergraduates prefer the use of pidgin is because it is easier to speak, and also makes the conversation interesting and enduring. The questionnaires were administered to the respondents and their responses were analyzed through Pearson Moment Correlation Formula. ![]() ![]() This was done using a random sampling technique. In doing this two research questions were generated and data collected from fifty undergraduates from different faculties and departments of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, through a twenty-item questionnaire. This study used the undergraduates of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as a case study to verify the reasons why university undergraduates prefer the use of pidgin to the use of Nigerian English during conversations and the possible effect of this overt linguistic behavior on the spoken and written English of the undergraduates. The use of Nigerian pidgin, popularly known as broken or Pidgin English, is gradually but consistently gaining the upper hand of usage among university undergraduates in the southern part of Nigeria, over the English language which should be the linguistic model in institutions of higher learning.
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