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The cities have a comparable number of inhabitants, but are located in different regions of Ghana. The present paper aims to fill that research gap by comparing reported use and language attitudes of students in Ghana’s two largest cities, the capital Accra and Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti region.

Little is known about the use of SP in other regions of the country. It originated in cities along the Ghanaian coast, where most empirical research on SP has been conducted so far. Student Pidgin (SP) is an African youth language practice among Ghanaian students and graduates. Student Pidgin, African youth languages, language attitudes, language ecology, Ghana Abstract

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