Please Include "Pidgin" in the Film/TV Languages List

@Peter_pbn​

Hello, Thanks for your input. It is true that Pidgin is a type of language, but when you go to countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia - it is a legitimate lingua franca in these countries, irrespective of whatever tribe or ethnicity you're from. Even in the diaspora. Therefore it is not enough to call it "Pidgin English" because it's more than English, and the words that make up pidgin are also derived from Portuguese, French, Spanish and even Latin. You can specify "Nigerian Pidgin" but then you would have to specify "Liberia Pidgin" "Ghana Pidgin" etc which though are similar, but are quite distinct in themselves. Also, there is a central kinda West African pidgin that is spoken even beyond Anglophones, and is understood in Francophone countries like Benin, Togo and Ivory Coast. I'm taking time to explain all of this, so you understand the actual context on ground, as it involves the actual speakers of the language, and not just what's being written. There are people who speak only pidgin and can't speak English at all. As there are people who can speak English and can't speak pidgin at all. To say because it sounds like one language should not discredit it as a language in its own right. A 100 million people will disagree with you. I do agree with "West African Pidgin" as it encompasses the lingua franca of Pidgin that encapsulates English, French, Portuguese etc derivates to create its own language. To be further specific "Nigerian Pidgin" "Ghana Pidgin" etc but "West African Pidgin" or something similar should definitely be in the list. My film "Mami Wata" is more "West African Pidgin" as the kind of pidgin used in the film isn't peculiar to Nigeria, Ghana or any particular country. 

@gromit82​ Hello, Thanks for your input. It is true that Pidgin is a type of language, but when you go to countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia - it is a legitimate lingua franca in these countries, irrespective of whatever tribe or ethnicity you're from. Even in the diaspora. Therefore it is not enough to call it "Pidgin English" because it's more than English, and the words that make up pidgin are also derived from Portuguese, French, Spanish and even Latin. You can specify "Nigerian Pidgin" but then you would have to specify "Liberia Pidgin" "Ghana Pidgin" etc which though are similar, but are quite distinct in themselves. Also, there is a central kinda West African pidgin that is spoken even beyond Anglophones, and is understood in Francophone countries like Benin, Togo and Ivory Coast. I'm taking time to explain all of this, so you understand the actual context on ground, as it involves the actual speakers of the language, and not just what's being written. There are people who speak only pidgin and can't speak English at all. As there are people who can speak English and can't speak pidgin at all. To say because it sounds like one language should not discredit it as a language in its own right. A 100 million people will disagree with you. I do agree with "West African Pidgin" as it encompasses the lingua franca of Pidgin that encapsulates English, French, Portuguese etc derivates to create its own language. To be further specific "Nigerian Pidgin" "Ghana Pidgin" etc but "West African Pidgin" or something similar should definitely be in the list. My film "Mami Wata" is more "West African Pidgin" as the kind of pidgin used in the film isn't peculiar to Nigeria, Ghana or any particular country. 

@fierycj​ I am fine with the idea of listing your film as being in "West African Pidgin" if that is the standardized name for the language as spoken in that region. I just want to make sure we use something more specific than "Pidgin" which could apply to other completely different languages.

@gromit82​ Absolutely! We can have "West African Pidgin" for when it encompasses one country, as is the case with my film. And then "Nigerian Pidgin" "Ghana Pidgin" etc when it is specific to the particular country, as is the case with my film Ojuju (2014), and other films like The Lost Okoroshi (2019) where it is specifically "Nigerian Pidgin"

@ACT_1​ Peter and Gromit already said what I would've said, that Pidgin is not the name of a language and should therefore not be added. There might be languages called Nigerian Pidgin or West African Pidgin. Obviously, I'm fine with them being added to the database. Unfortunately, it can take IMDb years to add a single language...