More Nigerian and Ghanaian Words Make it into the Oxford Dictionary  

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Five years after the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added 29 Nigerian loanwords, 20 more terms from Nigeria and Ghana have been included. The Nigerian entries include popular items like suya (beef kebab), adire (local fabric), and cybercrime-related terms such as 419, Yahoo, and Yahoo boy. Ghana’s contributions feature local cuisine like banku, the dance style… Read More »More Nigerian and Ghanaian Words Make it into the Oxford Dictionary

  

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