It should be noted that there are different attitudes towards ‘owning’ a distinct variety of English which has seemingly affected the development of some West African Englishes (see e.g. Within Nigerian English, there are greater similarities between Yoruba English and Igbo English than between either of these with Hausa English, so it is the commonalities of the former two that are adopted in the main. The OED WAfE pronunciation model gives priority to Nigerian and Ghanaian Englishes as being the two West African Englishes with the largest number of speakers. Each of these can and has been studied in isolation, but there are several common tendencies which give value to a West African English (WAfE) set of pronunciations. View the key for West African English here.Įnglish is considered a national or official language in seven parts of West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon’s anglophone provinces, the Gambia, and the island of Saint Helena (listed in descending population order). Home How to use the OED Pronunciations Pronunciations for World Englishes Pronunciation model: West African English Pronunciation model: West African English
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