Kalmomi da kalmomin Najeriya 20 sun shiga cikin sabon ƙamus na Turanci na Oxford (OED) a cikin sabon sabuntawa. Waɗannan kalmomin sun haɗa da shahararrun kalmomi kamar “japa,” “agbero,” “eba,” “419,” da “abi,” waɗanda ke nuna tasirin Pidgin English, ƙaƙƙarfan yaren titi, da kuma al’adun Najeriya waɗanda ke samun karɓuwa a duniya.
Wasu daga cikin waɗannan kalmomin, kamar “japa” da “jand,” sun bayyana a matsayin suna da fi’ili a cikin ƙamus. Hakanan an ba da jagororin furuci don taimakawa waɗanda ba ’yan Najeriya ba su iya furta waɗannan kalmomin daidai.
Wani mai ba da shawara kan Turancin Najeriya ga ƙamus na Oxford, Kingsley Ugwuanyi, ya sanar da wannan sabon sabuntawa a shafinsa na LinkedIn a ranar Talata. Ya bayyana farin cikinsa game da rawar da ya taka wajen rubuta waɗannan kalmomi da kuma ba da furucinsu.
Ugwuanyi ya rubuta, “Ina farin cikin sanar da cewa ƙamus na Turanci na Oxford (OED) ya fitar da sabbin sabuntawa, inda ya haɗa da tarin kalmomin Turancin Najeriya waɗanda ke nuna al’adun Najeriya, ƙirƙira, da kuma yadda muke bayyana kanmu a matsayin ‘yan Najeriya. A wannan karon, ba kawai na rubuta yawancin waɗannan kalmomin ba, har ma na sami damar ba da furucinsu! Don haka, idan kun bincika ƙamus na OED a kan layi kuma ku danna furucin, za ku ji muryata tana rayar da waɗannan kalmomin.”
Daga cikin waɗannan kalmomin, an bayyana “japa” a matsayin “ƙaura daga Najeriya zuwa wasu ƙasashe (musamman Turai ko Arewacin Amurka) don neman ilimi, aiki, ko damar tattalin arziki.” An kuma bayyana kalmar “agbero” a matsayin “mutum (yawanci yaro ko saurayi) wanda ke aiki a matsayin dan talaucin kuɗi, yawanci a wuraren ajiye motoci da tashoshin bas, yana tattara kuɗi daga fasinjoji da direbobi, da kuma shigar da fasinjoji cikin motoci.”
Kalmar “419,” wacce ta shahara a Najeriya, an bayyana ta a matsayin, “Zamba (yawanci ana yin ta ta hanyar intanet) wanda ya ƙunshi neman kuɗi da gaba don samun rabon kuɗi mai yawa, wanda a ƙarshe ba a ba da shi ba. Ana amfani da kalmar a matsayin mai canza ma’ana, kamar a cikin 419 email, 419 scam, da sauransu.”
