Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Position of interrogative phrases in content questions

Ghanaian Pidgin English has the following doublets of mono- and bimorphemic wh-words: who~whichman/-person, which~whichkind,
what~wetin (< what thing),
where~whichplace, when~whattime.
Both mono- and bimorphemic question words can occur either initially or non-initially.

Values

Interrogative phrase not initial Frequency: 50.0%

Example 16-20:
dè want tu du wetin?
dè
3pl
want
want
tu
to
du
do
wetin?
what
What do they want to do?
Confidence:
Very certain

Interrogative phrase initial Frequency: 50.0%

Example 16-19:
wiʧples dɛ faia dè bɛn?
wiʧ-ples
which-place
dɛ
art
faia
fire
dè
prog
bɛn?
burn
Where is the fire?

Source: Huber 1999: 188

Confidence:
Very certain