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Nigerian English Gets Global Recognition As Oxford Dictionary Adds 19 New Words

Olaitan Sodiq
Olaitan Sodiq
Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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Nigerian English Gets Global Recognition As Oxford Dictionary Adds 19 New Words
Oxford Dictionary Adds 19 Nigerian English
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  • The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added 19 new Nigerian words to its collection.

  • The new entries include words like Japa, Agbero, Eba, and Suya, which reflect Nigerian Pidgin English and street ways.

  • Dr. Kingsley Ugwuanyi, who consulted for OED, announced the additions.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has expanded its collection to include 19 new Nigerian words, highlighting the country’s rich cultural diversity and everyday life.

The new entries, announced by Dr. Kingsley Ugwuanyi, who consulted for OED, reflect Nigerian Pidgin English and street mannerisms.

According to Ugwuanyi, the OED editors used corpora to determine words that are frequently and widely used across Nigeria.

“So, the criteria include frequency, widespread use, age (generally words that have been in use for zero to 10 years) and the social significance of the words,” he explained.

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The new words added to the OED include Yarn, Dust, 419, Abi, Adire, Agbero, Area Boy, cross-carpet/cross-carpeting, Eba, Edo, Gele, Jand (noun), Jand (verb), Janded, Japa (noun), Japa (verb), Kanuri, Kobo, Naija, Suya, Yahoo, and Yahoo Boy.

Ugwuanyi noted that he not only drafted most of the words but also provided their pronunciations.

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