Barikanchi pidgin

{{Short description|Hausa-based pidgin of Nigeria}} {{Infobox language |name=Barikanci |states=Nigeria |speakers=none |ref=e25 |familycolor=Pidgin |family=Hausa-based pidgin |iso3=bxo |glotto=bari1241 |glottorefname=Barikanchi }}

'''Barikanchi pidgin''', '''Barikanci''', or '''Bastard Hausa''' is a pidgin of the Hausa language<ref name="Fiamingo2000">{{cite book|author=Cristiana Fiamingo|title=L'Africa subsahariana: ambiente, storia, strutture di potere, lingue, popoli, religioni, cronologia, glossario|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXOphJdFS7UC&pg=PA77|accessdate=17 September 2011|year=2000|publisher=Edizioni Pendragon|isbn=978-88-8342-034-4|pages=77–}}</ref> spoken in Nigeria. Barikanci is used by the Nigerian Armed Forces to ensure clear communication between the linguistically diverse members of the military.

In the Nigerian military, the majority of members are from the northern part of the country. This led to the Hausa language being the lingua franca, paving the way for pidgin Hausa, also known as ''hausan bariki''. The language developed in the British Army barracks of northern Nigeria in the first part of the 20th century, and was used as a lingua franca among Nigerians of diverse linguistic backgrounds.<ref name="Pidginization and Creolization of Languages">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wG08AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA518 |title=Pidginization and Creolization of Languages |publisher=CUP Archive |year=1971 |pages=518– |id=GGKEY:07X8JT2JN9L |accessdate=17 September 2011}}</ref>

Being a military language, Barikanci is principally spoken in military barracks<ref name=e25/>—"Barikanci" is derived from the word ''bariki'', which means barracks.<ref name="Osaji1979">{{cite book |author=Bede Osaji |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VpVkAAAAMAAJ |title=Language survey in Nigeria |publisher=Centre international de recherche sur le bilinguisme |year=1979 |accessdate=17 September 2011}}</ref>

==See also== *Gibanawa, another Hausa-based pidgin.

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