$ugardaddy:

Very interesting debate, let me just add a little comment here.
The Edos are a distinct group that is appaled by the filthiness of the Yorubas and the insatiable greed for money of the igbos. When the chips are down, more effort will be required to make the Edos join the SE igbos than will be required to make them join the SW Yorubas to whom they have been more naturally inclined to for ages. But in my opinion, the Edos are  better of in any  Southern grouping that is without both the Yorubas and the igbos.

Obalufon:
Leave Yoruba alone, All omo ka aro ojire know themselves .Omo odua.Ife is cradle of humanity,"iiife oye olori aye gbogbo."we celebrate creation of the world.Bini people have authentic historical linkage with Yorubas we are both omo odua. Even itsekiri lukumi of Niger delta .Igala too share great linguistic and cultural similarities with Yorubas

Yoruba is the language spoken by a set of people in Western Africa. Its native name is ‘Ede Yoruba’, that is the Yoruba language. The language has its origins in the Yoruba people, who are believed to be descendants of Oduduwa, the son of a powerful God called Oludumare. They refer to themselves as ‘Omo Oduduwa’, which means Oduduwa’s children. The Yoruba people originated from the Western Nigeria. Places where the language is spoken are termed ‘Ile Yoruba’, the Yoruba land. The Yoruba lands span across the western region of Nigeria, from far south-western state of Lagos state to the mid-western Kwara state cutting across other states including Ekiti, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ondo. Yoruba land extend beyond the boundaries of Nigeria into nearby countries like the republic of Benin, Togo, and mid-eastern Ghana.

aljharem:


tell me a word that is similar to edo and igbo ?

even onitsha aka anambra is a yoruba town

north east anmbra is part of igala town

the edos had cloths you never until you got incontact with the hausa,yoruba and edos.

so tell me the similarity,

PhysicsQED:


There is some cultural and archaeological evidence, in addition to historical evidence in oral tradition and documents of a longstanding connection, though. Much of this stuff is in books or articles, but I didn't bother to post any (and probably still won't) because this thread is mostly political anyway. Some cultural similarities have already been discussed in the culture section in some threads. There are of course, some similarities or cultural connections with Igbos, and I didn't discuss that either.

As for linguistic evidence, as I posted on the fifth page of this thread, Edo is basically linguistically equidistant from Yoruba (56% cognate score with Edo over 100 selected words) and Igbo (50% cognate score with Edo over the same selected 100 words). These languages may all sound quite different today, but it seems very probable that several thousands of years ago they were the same and they all later went on to develop their own peculiar/unique features and characteristics.

dayokanu:



The bolded.

Some m0rons on this Thread (Onlylies) claimed they can differentiate 2 Southern Nigerian by looks. What could be more id10tic.

PStylish:
@ekwy nwa
Wow.I read most of your posts and they are something else.You must fantasize a lot.And you sound feminine.
Its unfortunate you didnt meet your match in me early enough otherwise you would have fled the thread a long time ago. Mind you, I dont throw insults.

Now mention one Igbo dead or alive, home or abroad that is as great as Olusegun Obasanjo in terms of power,wealth,influence etc.
I can tell you authoritatively that the size of land owned by Obasanjo alone in Lagos is more than that owned by all the Igbos put together.I know you will say Obasanjo is an Igbo man now.

NegroNtns:


Its a good thing you recognize that because Ibos have been living in Lagos since the time of Ojuku father. . . and then Zik came in and then more of you came in. . . .yet, Lagos rulership has never been in ibo hand.   Yoruba has been governor, Midwesterner has been governor, Midbelt has been governor, Northerner has been governor. . . . . but ibo, the chief financier and group that bankroll the economy (as you put it) has never been in power.  

what does that tell you?   You are a looser!   Peple that dont have property or finance Lagos are ruling over you.  Arent you ashamed?

SUNNYsparkle:
Edo and Igbo are more related then Edo and Yoruba. However, the three were part and parcel of a Super Ancient group that was one before with Igala, Nupe etc. Even there were permutations that proto Igala-Igbo stretched to as far as Ghana. Why the name Igbomina, Oke-eri, Oka etc. All these people had a history no one talks about. More studies and research need to be carried out

Rhino4dm:
Why una no fit open shops during occup Nigeria? No bi una bi majority? No bi un get Lagos??

Aboki still they call Igbo "oga" but when to sluagter Igbo reach him go close im eye slaughter Igbo like nama. Igbos like to they make mouth, yet they keep burying their deaths like chicken, time after time without reprisals.  

Look at how they fled Kano en mass?? last year, Adrew Uweh was baosting about how mighty Igbos are in Kano and their ability to face anybody and all that, just two suicide bomb attacks all the Igbos are shouting "MAYDAY!" from Kano

Rhino4dm:
Why una no fit open shops during occup Nigeria? No bi una bi majority? No bi un get Lagos??

Aboki still they call Igbo "oga" but when to sluagter Igbo reach him go close im eye slaughter Igbo like nama. Igbos like to they make mouth, yet they keep burying their deaths like chicken, time after time without reprisals.  

Look at how they fled Kano en mass?? last year, Adrew Uweh was baosting about how mighty Igbos are in Kano and their ability to face anybody and all that, just two suicide bomb attacks all the Igbos are shouting "MAYDAY!" from Kano

YungMillionaire:


Dude I am neither Edo or Ibo but my mom is full blooded Edo. And I will tell you the CLEAR CUT TRUTH my mom's grand-parents considered themselves Yorubas (and spoke the language fluently). Mind you they are Edos but (for example) when they meet a Yoruba person in the market they say 'my kinsman or kinswoman.' This cultural recognition was never accorded to the Ibos who were also in the market in large numbers. Back in the day, many Edo people spoke Yoruba language fluently, nowadays the Yoruba influence on Edo waning because of politics and changing times.

peckhamboi:


Very intelligent words, so everybody knows how greedy and ungrateful these peoplwe are

Obiagu1:



If you know that, then why all these Edos are our brothers when in reality their closest brothers are in the East?

Is it Yoruba propaganda or brainwashing?

YungMillionaire:
Dude I am neither Edo or Ibo but my mom is full blooded Edo. And I will tell you the CLEAR CUT TRUTH my mom's grand-parents considered themselves Yorubas (and spoke the language fluently). Mind you they are Edos but (for example) when they meet a Yoruba person in the market they say 'my kinsman or kinswoman.' This cultural recognition was never accorded to the Ibos who were also in the market in large numbers. Back in the day, many Edo people spoke Yoruba language fluently, nowadays the Yoruba influence on Edo waning because of politics and changing times.

lawani:
IF YOU ARE TALKING OF LANGUAGE, I BELIEVE YORUBOID, EDOID AND IGBOID ARE EQUALLY RELATED. A GOOD PART OF YORUBA VOCAB RHYMES WITH IGBO

IGBA- TIME
AGBALA- COURTYARD
GIRIPA- YOUNG MATURED MALE
OKUTA- STONE
OKA- MAIZE
EWURE- GOAT
AND ETC THERE IS A BOOK BY AN OAU PROF TREATING THE SUBJECT.


THE THING ABOUT YORUBA LANGUAGE IS IT STRUCTURALLY IS KEMITIC EGYPTIAN AND BY OVER 50 PERCENT VOCAB, THE REST OF THE VOCAB IS AKOKOID, NUPOID, EDOID, IGBOID , FON, IJAW, BARIBA, HAUSA AND ETC. IS IT A NIGER CONGO LANGUAGE? WELL, EVEN SIERRA LEONEAN CREOLE MAY NOW BE CLASSIFIED A NIGER CONGO LANGUAGE!. THE YORUBA LANGUAGE WAS NOT SPOKEN IN WEST AFRICA FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, THE PRESENT YORUBA WERE AKOKOID WHICH MAY INFACT COLLAPSE INTO EDOID, IGBOID AND ETC AS AT THEN. HOWEVER NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND EASILY ANY LANGUAGE SPOKEN 5000 YEARS AGO. THAT IS FOR LANGUAGE.

CULTURALLY, YORUBAS ARE CLOSER TO RUSSIANS, JAPANESE, BRITISH OR CHINESE THAN PRE NIGERIA IGBOS!. BUT AROCHUKWU IGBOS ARE CLOSER TO YORUBAS THAN THEY ARE TO THEIR FELLOW IGBOS THAT THEY SHARE BOUNDARY WITH.

SUNNYsparkle:
Well Mr, if Obasanjo is your standard for greatness then Yorubas are dwarfs. The greatest and only general Nigeria ever had was an Igbo man called General J. T. U. Aguiyi Ironsi. He was the first Nigerian, West African and African to be such and the first black man to head a UN mission. He was commissioned by the British/Queen on merit. That was when merit was merit, and not nepotism. All these people that parade themselves as generals know they are all mediocres and quacks. Now your great man Obasanjo committed not only corruption but also genocide in Odi, Chioba and Zaki Biam. All of them were boys to Ironsi and they all know he is superior to them

Olu317:
DO YOU NOT KNOW YORUBA RACE MIGRATED TO EDO ENVIRONMENT SOME CENTURIES AGO TO PART OF EDO STATE ?. GO AND VERIFY, EVEN THEIR CHIEFS WILL TELL YOU THEIR HISTORY . YORUBA CAN CALL EDO LINEAGE, A BROTHER, BECAUSE OF THE KINGLY LINEAGE CONNECTION. FURTHERMORE THEY DREW INSPIRATION FROM YORUBA IRON AGE DEVELOPMENT AROUND 14TH CENTURY. HISTORY HAS RECORD OF IT. YORUBAS HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH EDOS FOR CENTURIES AND THIS DIDN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE RECOGNISE THEIR SEPARATE IDENTITY FROM YORUBA RACE AND NEVER A TIME YORUBA FORCEFULLY LAY CLAIM TO EDO. UNLIKE YOU EBOES THAT WANT EVERY TRIBE TO BE CALLED EBOS JUST TO GRAB LAND AND HAVE ACESS TO THE SEE. BUT I TRUST YOU EBOES, YOU WILL NOT DARE SUCH IN YORUBA TERRITORY. I GUESS YOU HEARD WHAT DEJI AKURE TOLD YOUR EBOE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MISBEHAVE ONDO STATE AS A WHOLE . IT IS STILL FRESH AND SIZZLING.

ladiguy:


Yoruba didnt migrate to Edo .Go read history dude.

SUNNYsparkle:
Let me clear my throat before talking to you so you hear me well. Now go to documented history, Benin is older than Ife, I hope I'm clear here. They spoke their language and unique culture which was older than ife. Please, how come Mr fluency, that Igbo and Edo, have four market days that sound alike. I'm talking about that market you are using as an illustration

SUNNYsparkle:
Edo and Igbo are more related then Edo and Yoruba. However, the three were part and parcel of a Super Ancient group that was one before with Igala, Nupe etc. Even there were permutations that proto Igala-Igbo stretched to as far as Ghana. Why the name Igbomina, Oke-eri, Oka etc. All these people had a history no one talks about. More studies and research need to be carried out

Olu317:
go to part of Akoko Edo, you will see for yourself. I am not interested in dealing with someone who doesn't have fact but based opinion on sentiments. Facts are facts. People naturally refer to ILE IFE as their ancestral home.

ladiguy:


Relax that part of Akoko edo you mentioned is the same with the Akoko's in Ondo and the Akoko's are Yopruba sub goup.
Were you out of the country or new to reading articles on online or you dont read books or listen to discussion either on television or online forum.

The issue about Yoruba and the Edo's are well discussed and explained. Seee dude i no fit go talk much .You just need to learn your history and be versed before youn drop online . It seems you be teenager and you just bought a phone to surf the net ?

Olu317:
I am not on in dealing with you since you chose not to have respect. I don't need to explain to you the difference between Akoko Edo and the Akoko ondo. But here is the bombshell,does it mean that people that lay claim to Edo state, are all Binis or Afemai? ? You don't deserve to be informed because your negative terms which has no basis in the first place. It is obvious I don't belong to your contemporary. Go study to be well informed.

lawani:
IF YOU ARE TALKING OF LANGUAGE, I BELIEVE YORUBOID, EDOID AND IGBOID ARE EQUALLY RELATED. A GOOD PART OF YORUBA VOCAB RHYMES WITH IGBO

IGBA- TIME
AGBALA- COURTYARD
GIRIPA- YOUNG MATURED MALE
OKUTA- STONE
OKA- MAIZE
EWURE- GOAT
AND ETC THERE IS A BOOK BY AN OAU PROF TREATING THE SUBJECT.


THE THING ABOUT YORUBA LANGUAGE IS IT STRUCTURALLY IS KEMITIC EGYPTIAN AND BY OVER 50 PERCENT VOCAB, THE REST OF THE VOCAB IS AKOKOID, NUPOID, EDOID, IGBOID , FON, IJAW, BARIBA, HAUSA AND ETC. IS IT A NIGER CONGO LANGUAGE? WELL, EVEN SIERRA LEONEAN CREOLE MAY NOW BE CLASSIFIED A NIGER CONGO LANGUAGE!. THE YORUBA LANGUAGE WAS NOT SPOKEN IN WEST AFRICA FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, THE PRESENT YORUBA WERE AKOKOID WHICH MAY INFACT COLLAPSE INTO EDOID, IGBOID AND ETC AS AT THEN. HOWEVER NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND EASILY ANY LANGUAGE SPOKEN 5000 YEARS AGO. THAT IS FOR LANGUAGE.

CULTURALLY, YORUBAS ARE CLOSER TO RUSSIANS, JAPANESE, BRITISH OR CHINESE THAN PRE NIGERIA IGBOS!. BUT [s]AROCHUKWU IGBOS ARE CLOSER TO YORUBAS THAN THEY ARE TO THEIR FELLOW IGBOS THAT THEY SHARE BOUNDARY WITH[/s].