Cameroonian Pidgin Vs Nigerian Pidgin Challenge ft @Virtue Grace

[@SimplyDiamond231]

Believe or not… A day or 2 ago when I watched an old video from Drew of Melvis and her friends speaking Cameroonian Pidgin, before she mentioned her country, I honestly thought they were Nigerians, until I listened closely and could tell some difference. But I’ve been shocked since! Didn’t even imagine that your spoke similarly. Only knew about Nigerians & Ghanaians and (Slightly Sierra Leonean who speaks little phrases of pidgin words in their creole) Now I’ve made a goal to listen and learn more of the continent local non dialects languages! Let me begin with you 2. I just click and immediately after the intro decided to comment 😁 I’m excited….

[@kennakea]

A lot of people mistake me for Nigerian I think we really do have a lot in common

[@africanstoryteller]

Kenna, this was so much fun😀👍we have many similarities in our pidgin👍🇳🇬🇨🇲

[@gallaouedermaez8336]

👉😘😏💋🇫🇷🤫

[@kennakea]

It was so fun having you here😍🥰❤

[@musakargbo664]

We are they same African keep doing good job GODBLESS😅😂

[@ddloyceloyce4352]

That's expected, we are neighbors

[@DerineShorts]

In Cameroon we say “palavah” for Nigeria “wahala”

[@kennakea]

True

[@amadukoroma2972]

Sierra Leone palava

[@briskiladickson6576]

We do also in naija

[@joye5761]

We say palava too. Most people don’t understand, that Nigeria has the most versatile pidgin. It’s so interesting because we are the most populous black people, in the world and every region/ state have their variations. I am from the south Edo/Delta ( which used to be Bendel) and I can tell you that if we speak our pidgin, a lot of Nigerians can’t understand fully. Lovely video though

[@MohamedSonnie]

Palava in Sierraleone

[@KomeEmielu]

Warri people in Nigeria from Delta has the best pigin

[@favourjessah996]

My brother you dey yan wells, waffi langua na confirmento every other one na counterfeit, kpoko for you, your teeth complete you no get Ibeke.

[@kennakea]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stephennwakasi4631]

@@favourjessah996 Omo 🤣

[@LifeOfnuruDeen]

​@@favourjessah996oko you balm... Nothing do you.

[@LifeOfnuruDeen]

​@@favourjessah996 oko you balm. Nothing do you...

[@onyinyekate1252]

Honestly I really enjoyed this video 🥰🥰🥰🥰you ladies are looking fabulous 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 😘 more of this please ❤ so that Africa will know that we are one 🥰🥰🥰💪👍💪my regards to you and your beautiful family 👪 ❤

[@kennakea]

Thanks my dear

[@mercydaray]

Chaii our pidgin English raw ooo & taste🤣😂😂😂..nigerian pidgin English is kinda mix with some English words...cute too Nice video 👌😃

[@kennakea]

Very harsh pidgin

[@LStarAFRICA]

Yawa don gas . Na that one catch me bad 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kennakea]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheSenatorpremium]

Video go sweet so😂😂😂.That ashia sweet me bad😂😂😂

[@kennakea]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@N9012-p6n]

Also “wata don pass garri” 😂

[@kennakea]

Yeah

[@TheSenatorpremium]

Grace's smile is contagious😊

[@kennakea]

Yeah it's so cute

[@AminataSesay-z9b]

In Sierra Leone krio,,, we say me belleh dea hat...

[@kennakea]

Oh wow

[@patriciacurtis7448]

Sooo beautiful & fascinating at the same time. Also, even though it's about 'pidgin' in their individual countries, always have loved any African accent.

[@kennakea]

I love our accent

[@patriciacurtis7448]

@@kennakea Me too! ❤️. So regal & beautiful

[@catherineewani5949]

Hi Kenna nice colabo here with Virtu Grace congratulation to you Guys, I really Loved it. All was well, I'm one of her Subscriber too. Stay Blessed.

[@kennakea]

Oh really that's great

[@Outwithchimex]

See as i di smile tru dis video🤣. Nice one ladies.

[@kennakea]

Awww pay me for making you smile 😃

[@elagekang4268]

nice one there Mummy K on the pidgin comparison. Nija pipo have alot of english in their pidgin, what i like about theirs is their accent with the pidgin. as for the last one i would've said " ma bele di bite"

[@kennakea]

Yeah that's an even better translation 😅

[@briskiladickson6576]

Nigeria are diverse with many regions have different accent

[@Ali-nl2du]

Pidgin is fascinating. It tells a lot about the history and culuture of the speakers. In Tanzania we have Swahili as a common language, consisting mainly of a mixture of Bantu and some arabic words. Our history is such that there was no need to develop a common language based on english.

[@kennakea]

Nice to know

[@InspiredGrisele]

This is really fun U di highup lol

[@kennakea]

😅😅😅😅😅yeah highup

[@kelly-annesearyoh8823]

The history of the phrase 'chop' and what exists as 'chop bars' I think is linked to 'city chop houses' from a old London taverns in the 18th century where people like labourers, travellers, and clerks would pass by to eat. I did this reserch some time back after roaming London's pubs and taverns in Central london and saw a sign above a door that said chop room and I was like wait, is that what I think it is - a chop bar? and then just went down a rabbithole of history thereafter.

[@TheAdoptedSon1five]

That’s so fascinating, learn something new everyday

[@kennakea]

Oh wow

[@ddloyceloyce4352]

I enjoyed this. Pidgin English is not Broken English, it has gone way beyond being broken. Also Cameroonian pidgin has a greater English base just like Nigerian Pidgin

[@kennakea]

Ok

[@doreenonekalit9888]

New Sub. Virtue Grace brought me here.

[@kennakea]

Oh you are so welcome

[@nadegemvele]

I totally enjoyed this video Kenna why you di high ????

[@kennakea]

Yes oh I di high very badly🤣🤣🤣

[@kamomojunior.8306]

Very amazing video watching u from Nairobi Kenya

[@kennakea]

Oh nice thanks so much for stopping by

[@LydiaTifuh]

This is a video that never goes old, timeless so to say

[@kennakea]

Thanks dear

[@LStarAFRICA]

You said it all well . Actually smiled all through watching the video 😂

[@kennakea]

🤣🤣🤣thanks for the hook up

[@LStarAFRICA]

@@kennakea 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@johnmmaduka312]

Funny I'm cut in between both countries n now I don't even know which of d pidgin/broken English I'm speaking nowadays.

[@kennakea]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@RadicallyRose]

I love the vibe in this video!

[@kennakea]

Thanks dear

[@Simiké-kemit10]

❤❤❤ 🇨🇲 🇳🇬, in "francamglais" we're using many words derived from camerounian pidgin. Nice ☺️

[@kennakea]

Interesting!

[@BricksAfricanfolktales-o6k]

Wahala is actually suffering in hausa ,yawa too is hausa

[@abubakarrconteh7292]

We say "osh ya" in Sierra Leone.i never knew we almost have same accent with Cameroon

[@kennakea]

Oh wow the difference is just in the spelling then

[@barbara_fombang]

Very interesting Am a pidgin box I was just answering the questions

[@kennakea]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@MohamedSonnie]

Where are you going and sorry is exactly the same way we said it in Sierraleone as you said it in Cameroon.

[@kennakea]

The similarities are really there

[@bamideleolaniyan6022]

Where n na de go or where you de go?

[@dtecdasilva]

I first saw grace in Victorine’s video. Glad she’s here too

[@kennakea]

Thanks

[@pabloernesto8044]

Cameroon and Sierra Leone pidgins are almost identical. Quite strange! It is still an academic mystery. Nigeria, which is Cameroon's direct neighbor has a different pidgin. Sierra Leone is ten thousand kilometers away.

[@mn2895]

I said people before that Cameroon has the original pidgin 😅. I firmly think that’s where Pidgin originated from. In Sierra Leone there is a tribe who has pidgin as their native language (they were actually former slaves coming from America). So that’s the Pidgin the slaves were speaking. And even from this video you can attest that, that Pidgin is actually the deepest amongst all: it has less English as compared to the Pidgin of Nigeria or Ghana.

[@kennakea]

Oh wow so much history this really sounds interesting

[@princeswavey7106]

Sierra Leone where slaves settled from BRitain after the end of slave trade. It seems more of those who were taken as slaves and settled back in Sierra Leone were more from Cameroon. That's why we are Soo similar. I attended a match during the Afcon where Seirra Leone were playing in limbe and my freind was Soo shocked that the Sierra Leonian fans were speaking their Pidgin like ours😂😂😂 and some were even asking that so they also speak Pidgin eh😂😂😂😂and they were answering us yes nor😂😂😂😂

[@princeswavey7106]

@Rock_ Lee yes we were colonised first by Germany then at the end of the first world war, all German properties in Africa including Cameroon were taken away from her so Cameroon was taken and Given to Britain and France so we are Bilingual we are speak English and French. The Pidgin in the English part of Cameroon is same as that of Sierra Leone and had a slave village were slaves were been sold. So must of Sierra Leonians might have come from Cameroon. I participated in the Afcon we just hosted. Our Pidgin was thesame. We were shocked and started supporting them😂😂

[@briskiladickson6576]

​@@princeswavey7106 no the creole people descended from the Yoruba tribes in Nigeria and Benin rep. Infact up till today we bear same names

[@LydiaTifuh]

Mummy K say sorry is sorry???

[@kennakea]

I was 😲

[@AloryeUgar]

Just like English, there is usually not one way to say something. Also, in Nigeria, there are different kinds of pidgin spoken, in the different areas in Nigeria although there is the centrally spoken pidgin. How are you could be translated as How you de, How far, How nau, How body. Sometimes slangs are used, the language keeps evolving and new words keep getting added.

[@kennakea]

Thanks for sharing!

[@colletteikeanyibe1487]

Naija pidgin toh sweet

[@kennakea]

Same like Camer pidgin😅

[@Bbaby123]

“I want go mala” “Ha for you”

[@kennakea]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 or how u

[@rosyandfamily4006]

Love both pidgin English ei di sweet my belly well well

[@kennakea]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I know right

[@gallaouedermaez8336]

Virtuelove😘👉😏🇫🇷 Big hugs

[@kennakea]

Thanks for stopping by

[@jamesbernardturay2322]

It's not true! In Sierra Leone we don't say "how nor" but "how u dae do?"

[@kennakea]

Okaaaaay

[@MosesTuray-g3e]

Sierra Leone and Cameroon pidgin is almost the same, I am a sierra Leonean 🇸🇱

[@kennakea]

So I see

[@LifeOfnuruDeen]

Warri nor dey carry last... Warri to the World

[@kennakea]

Nice

[@colletteikeanyibe1487]

We love you too sis

[@kennakea]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Outwithchimex]

Naija pidgin di sweet bad.

[@kennakea]

😅😅😅😅

[@AjunwaJesse]

Nigeria say 'sorry or pelle'

[@kennakea]

Ok interesting

[@yusufbola356]

Nice one.

[@kennakea]

Thank you

[@shushymanskie2109]

You translated soo well everything was👌

[@kennakea]

Awww thanks

[@twister80]

Yes Cameroon pidgin is closer to sierra Leone than any other pidgin..never quite understood why.. Maybe someone can expand

[@pabloernesto8044]

You're right. Even researchers and historians are still puzzled by that. That is still a mystery.

[@mn2895]

original pidgin 😅. I firmly think that’s where Pidgin originated from. In Sierra Leone there is a tribe who has pidgin as their native language (they were actually former slaves coming from America). So that’s the Pidgin the slaves were speaking. And even from this video you can attest that, that Pidgin is actually the deepest amongst all: it has less English as compared to the Pidgin of Nigeria or Ghana.

[@kennakea]

I wish I could answer😅

[@robert_bah]

It seems to have come from the cluster of Creole that migrated to Victoria from Fernando Po. (Mid 19th century) So, it set the tone for how 🇨🇲 speak pidgin.

[@YouGoLearn]

@@robert_bahu got it! Sierra Leonean creoles settled in Victoria now Victoria is known as Limbe.

[@JohnMurray-u6r]

Nigeria own is not "ei" is he not di" dey we speak broken English

[@kingsleytata6880]

Cameroon " I want reach reme e place " I'm going to my mother's house.

[@kennakea]

Yeah that's true

[@dimitricrespo2423]

@@kennakea as Cameroonian francophone I always confuse pidgin with Mboko 😅😅😅

[@YouGoLearn]

Sierra Leoneans do not say How nor😩 My girl has forgotten her Krio very fast she needs to come back and visit Freetown

[@kennakea]

Lol

[@africanfufu]

basically same

[@kennakea]

I don't think so

[@cicimalik]

"Why are you proud" can also be "why you dey form" in Nigerian pidgin.

[@kennakea]

Yeah

[@edwarddaniel8532]

And Nigerians speaks pidgin in different ways

[@uzoejekwumadu7731]

Pigeon across Africa 🌄

[@kennakea]

🤣🤣🤣🤣not really

[@saidukamara1692]

In krio its osh ya not ashia (just different spelling but sound the same)

[@kennakea]

Thank you

[@rijekaprofessional762]

Usai you de go? A de go for mi mamá = Malabo Pichi, I think is broken pidgin instead

[@kennakea]

Ok thanks

[@ogungbayibifemi]

You can also say no vez instead of sorry

[@kennakea]

Ok that's nice

[@edwarddaniel8532]

Kasala don burst..Tawas don gas We have different ways of speaking pidgin in Nigeria. Igbo, Benin, yorubas do add their flavours

[@kennakea]

🤣🤣🤣🤣yeah

[@garthweller3379]

A Jamaican would say - mi belly a hot mi

[@kennakea]

Interesting

[@matakangmanyitabot5346]

Cameroon pidgin is more close to Sierra Leone pidgin

[@kennakea]

Yeah

[@mustaphakanu8485]

Usai u dea go in Sierra Leone Krio

[@kennakea]

Oh wow

[@ritacareakum]

Wow interesting

[@kennakea]

Thanks

[@jdong7527]

Nigerian English sounds rough.

[@pabloernesto8044]

More like a broken English

[@kennakea]

Really I think it's quite easy to understand

[@LydiaTifuh]

Ma belle Di bite too goes right?

[@kennakea]

Yeah

[@cicimalik]

Sorry in Nigerian pidgin is also "no vex" which can also be translated to don't be angry.

[@kennakea]

Oh well we also say no vex but it's strictly don't be angry not sorry

[@maranathaokoro2811]

Sorry is kpele

[@kennakea]

Thanks

[@aishaobiagwu6585]

Pele is a yoruba word though

[@amadukoroma2972]

Cameron English and Sierra Leone English non different

[@kennakea]

Wow nice to know

[@AnimAweh5]

🇨🇲

[@kennakea]

🥰

[@angelliliy5402]

Cameroonian pidgin English is nowhere closer to Sierra Leone pidgin English Sierra Leone and they have a very tight tongue Sierra Leone and their feeding English is very strong Cameroon just have a plane pidgin English Sierra Leone normally they always say that where you Dey go the lot of similar word in Sierra Leone that goes with Ghana Cameroon pidgin English is all it's like similar there are some tips in Cameroon pidgin English that is similar to the Nigerian pidgin English Cameroon is nowhere close to Sierra Leone pigeon English you don't speak the same pidgin English, Sierra Leone and they speak more of that typical village pigeon cameroonians don't speak like that so they are pigeon English is not to be compared.

[@kennakea]

I am totally confused

[@MosesTuray-g3e]

My dear, I am you don't know anything about sierra Leone and there language as well

[@hephzibahosunde4841]

Sorry is doh or Pele in nigerian pidgin, in nigerian pidgin my stomach is paining me is belle dey turn me or even belle dey hot in nigeria,to be honest the both pidgin sound similar because if your asking for a ride or where someone is going we say which side u dey go, like that wuside u dey go, I was raised in the south south so both sound normal to me

[@kennakea]

😊😊😊😊

[@adeledandi7757]

Pele is yoruba word

[@hephzibahosunde4841]

@@adeledandi7757 yes it is yoruba and pidgin is a mixture of local languages and English so it is correct ,there are many yoruba words used in pidgin

[@adeledandi7757]

@@hephzibahosunde4841 ok👍