Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Interrogative pronouns

The Ghanaian Pidgin English compound interrogatives all have monomorphemic counterparts, derived from the corresponding English etyma. The monomorphemic question words are more frequent than their bimorphemic counterparts. There is no bimorphemic alternative for hau 'how'.

Values

Three compound expressions

Example 16-26:
wiʧpɛsin/wiʧman, wiʧples, wataim
wiʧpɛsin/wiʧman,
who
wiʧples,
where
wataim
when
who, where, when

Source: Huber 1999: 178

Confidence:
Very certain