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English/Bermudian English

Afrikaans. English/Bermudian English. dankie = thank you. English/Stralian. dunny = toilet. New Zealand English. lekker plak = happy. England. Jandels – flip flops. g’day = hello. English/Cockney. Zulu. Bermuda. fish and chips = ‘fush and chups’. fair dinkum = true.

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English/Bermudian English

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  1. Afrikaans English/Bermudian English dankie = thank you English/Stralian dunny = toilet New Zealand English lekker plak = happy England Jandels – flip flops g’day = hello English/Cockney Zulu Bermuda fish and chips = ‘fush and chups’ fair dinkum = true English/Bermudian English hello = sawubona six = pr. sex bludger = layabout Nigeria Yorùbá/English Kunjani = how are you Australia New Zealand Maori South Africa English/Stralian South African English English/Afrikaans/ Zulu New Zealand kia ora = hello English/Maori thongs = flip-flops bakkie - small truck singlet = vest Aotearoa = New Zealand = land of the long white cloud oak - man pakeha = white man England .. Nigeria ..Bermuda .. Australia ..New Zealand .. South Africa A 5 minute presentation of my personal language history. Student’s name

  2. The Yoruba language originates from Oyo in SW Nigeria Nigeria Yoruba also spoken: Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Puerto Rico and Trinidad estimate: 20 million speakers worldwide (Ufomata, 1986)

  3. . Fo(high)wash Fo (low)smash the dishes . “Kabo”(high, low) “welcome” Dundun - Talking Drum Yorùbá is a tonal language

  4. Standard English and Yoruba separate letter The Yorùbá Alphabet (Álífáb́ẹ̀ẹtì Yorùbá) Script c q v x z c = k or s conveys anxiety The English Alphabet Aa Bb CcDd Ee Ff Gg Hz Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz . mo lo (yesterday I go) Similarities and differences EnglishYoruba know, gnome g, gb, kp (back pay) Phonology/Phonetics the word I bo has a silent ‘g’ g Syntax I don’t know what I will do withthismy stubborn brother stop the noise ye pariwo Word Classes 3rd per gender him, her, it o they love each other they love themselves Semantics/Pragmatics yesterday I went

  5. A 5 minute presentation of my personal language history. Thank You and Odabo

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