Nigeria's only official language is English. Experiences with people who do not speak English, I made only rarely. Especially here in Lagos, it is necessary to converse in English, as contact with other ethnic groups is difficult to avoid. The spoken English, I would not call it perfect, and differs in some respects from the British or American English, which often depends on the social class of the speaker. Thus, there are many rich Nigerians who have studied in Europe or America or grew up and thus have no Nigerian accent and make no grammatical errors. The majority of people speak fluent English, however, still uses a relatively low Vocabulary and makes mistakes. People who do not speak English, can be found mainly in rural areas. Widespread but is also the Pidgin English, which has been around quite long, but today is used predominantly as a youth language. In this English Yorubabegriffe some flow and a new phrase. My own English has changed and the pressure to make mistakes, here is unfortunately a bit removed, and I myself now and then an irregular verb regularly do. Therefore, my fluency has quite improved. The daily vocabulary has also limited, as in-depth discussions with most of my Nigerian friends hardly possible.
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