Dottore:
I heard their women speak English when committing adultery so as to confuse their spirits in charge of enforcing anti adultery punishments.

fratermathy:



I've heard Isoko and can understand it. I even think Uvwie is deeper than Isoko, at least the real Uvwie, not the one spoken by the younger generation. Isoko, like Goodboiyy stated, was never a tribe until Mr. Otobo or so, a parliamentarian in the then Western Region moved for an Isoko division to be carved out of Eastern Urhobo. Otobo sold his idea and Awo bought it being that Otobo belonged to NCNC. That was how Isoko was birthed first as a division then a local government and then an ethnic extraction. However, because the people actively wanted to be identified as unique, they deliberately exaggerated linguistic variations and even added more over time. Still, apart from Isokos themselves, almost everyone sees both as the same! Urhobo is not a dialect of Isoko. Urhobo itself is an umbrella term for the progenitor of several common linguistic groups such as Uvwie, Okpe, Agbon, Isoko, etc. It's just that Isoko feels too large to be tucked together with the rest (there is a sense to it but not enough to call it a different language)

omonnakoda:
How is Isoko a "DIALECT"??

flokii:
dem talk say urhobo people sabi play wayo... how true?

Estharfabian:
Am I the Only One lost Here??

The MoD that Actually made this FP is Obviously from U...Rho....*trying so hard to type this* ...Bo...


PS...The post is Like so Long! Can The U..rhoboist peeps explain?? A Nigerian(Non deltan) Is Lost here...

Gracias!

fratermathy:



I've heard Isoko and can understand it. I even think Uvwie is deeper than Isoko, at least the real Uvwie, not the one spoken by the younger generation. Isoko, like Goodboiyy stated, was never a tribe until Mr. Otobo or so, a parliamentarian in the then Western Region moved for an Isoko division to be carved out of Eastern Urhobo. Otobo sold his idea and Awo bought it being that Otobo belonged to NCNC. That was how Isoko was birthed first as a division then a local government and then an ethnic extraction. However, because the people actively wanted to be identified as unique, they deliberately exaggerated linguistic variations and even added more over time. Still, apart from Isokos themselves, almost everyone sees both as the same! Urhobo is not a dialect of Isoko. Urhobo itself is an umbrella term for the progenitor of several common linguistic groups such as Uvwie, Okpe, Agbon, Isoko, etc. It's just that Isoko feels too large to be tucked together with the rest (there is a sense to it but not enough to call it a different language)

1. Okpe
2. Sapele
3. Uvwie
4. Udu
5. Ughelli North
6. Ughelli South
7. Ethiope East
8. Ethiope West
9. Warri South (Shared with Itsekiri)
10. Patani
11. Burutu
12. Sagbama (in Bayelsa State and shared with Ijaws and Isokos)

fratermathy:
Hello Nairalanders ,
...Some of the "major dialects" of Urhobo are:
1. Isoko(Also has sub-dialects such as Erhowa, Enwhe and Iyede)...
1. Isoko
The Isoko Dialect of Urhobo is so broad and large that it is effectively a language of its own. Isoko is a proto-Edoid language and hence it is closer to how Urhobo once was when the people said goodbye to their Benin progenitors. Isoko has its own sub-dialects such as Iyede, Erhowa, Enwhe, Olomoro, Oleh, etc. The main dialectal difference between Urhobo and Isoko include; Use of Degwo instead of Migwo for greeting, repetition of utterances and words.i.e. "Yanzobone Yanzobone (Come here, Come here)", different names for various objects, etc. My Isoko people here can help out with more.


Please sir i wish to state that isoko is not a dialect of urhobo. studies show that both ethnic groups migrated from benin, with urhobo being the younger to isoko. the main reason why urhobo has the lead over isoko and other etthnic groups in delta state is basically because that was were development first came to and this was majorly due to the oil discovered in warri and its sorrounding communities.
Thanks and God bless.

Ericardo7:

Please sir i wish to state that isoko is not a dialect of urhobo. studies show that both ethnic groups migrated from benin, with urhobo being the younger to isoko. the main reason why urhobo has the lead over isoko and other etthnic groups in delta state is basically because that was were development first came to and this was majorly due to the oil discovered in warri and its sorrounding communities.
Thanks and God bless.

Afam4eva:

I don't understand Urhobo/Isoko,, so it will be difficult for me to compare these dialects But the way i see it, poltiics has a lot to do with it. It's not just about having similarities in language. It has a lot to do with statehood. For instance, the only reason in my mind why Okpe dialect which you alluded to be more connected to Isoko than Urhobo but still an Urhobo dialect is because they were influenced by other Urhobo tribes around them and probably aligned politically with the Urhobos as opposed to the Isokos.

Afam4eva:

I presume that you're Isoko then.

Afam4eva:

I think that's where the distinction between an ethnic group nd a linguistic group. for instance, we can say Isoko is linguistically part of Urhobo but not necessarily ethnicallly part of it. Unlike the former, the latter cannot be by choice.

pus20:



[size=38pt]Uhrobo is not spoken in Sagbama, what they speak in Sagbama is Ijaw. [/size]

pus20:



[size=38pt]Uhrobo is not spoken in Sagbama, what they speak in Sagbama is Ijaw. [/size]

Ericardo7:
Please sir i wish to state that isoko is not a dialect of urhobo. studies show that both ethnic groups migrated from benin, with urhobo being the younger to isoko. the main reason why urhobo has the lead over isoko and other etthnic groups in delta state is basically because that was were development first came to and this was majorly due to the oil discovered in warri and its sorrounding communities.
Thanks and God bless.

IYANGBALI:
i hear say urhobo people no dey shave nor trim the bear bear wey dey their armpits and yansh>. Vickyrotex and rokiatu you are from that area,is it true? URHOBO means IRUN OBO in Yoruba language