IlekeHD:
So modath is a chick........I thought she was a guy lol


@ coolitempa, I see you observing.

coolitempa:


My brother......you guys have done a fantastic job on this thread.....since I have been away,.......I am playing serious catch up....

Your brother?

IlekeHD:


I'm fluent in my understanding of 2 ekiti dialects .... mom/dad sides.

But I'm more fluent in orally speaking my mom's dialect. Ekiti sounds so sexyyyy

And of course 90%+ Yorubas are fluent in Oyo dialect.

IlekeHD:


I'm fluent in my understanding of 2 ekiti dialects .... mom/dad sides.

But I'm more fluent in orally speaking my mom's dialect. Ekiti sounds so sexyyyy

And of course 90%+ Yorubas are fluent in Oyo dialect.

Funjosh:
The Akoko, are they really Yoruba

Aareonakakanfo:



Your brother?

zimoni:
His brothe Barrister Sapara Williams was the first Nigeria Lawyer.

Sopona, I learnt Sopona ravaged Ijeshaland for years in those days before they found remedy. So it was this man that provided the remedy. Nice one, local disease requires local cure.

Till now, some local Ijesha people still use sopona to curse someone. They would say "Sopona La Je Ojure or Sopona La Pa Ooooo". My people can rain curse on themselves.

You are doing a wonderful job ProfShymex.

I hereby give you a Chieftancy Title - The Okanlomo of Yorubaland.

ProfShymex:


Was Ekiti founded by one of Oduduwa's children?

I believe Ijebus are more connected to Obalufe in ife and most likely left before Oduduwa got to Ife. This is just my hypothesis cos Obalufe is from the Aremo quarters and that looks like Remo. Then you have the Obanta thing as well.

Ya parents are proper Ekiti folks. My mum and dad can't even speak Ijebu at all(maybe my dad can string a few Ijebu words together) and my dad is super proud of his Ijebu roots...shame on that nyggah lol. My mum also can't speak Egba but I've got Egba aunts who speak with the Egba accent (most sexy Yoruba accent IMO) and my nan also speaks with a little Egba accent.

coolitempa:


My brother......you guys have done a fantastic job on this thread.....since I have been away,.......I am playing serious catch up....

ProfShymex:


Missy89,

The question is for you. Come educate us.

laudate:


Ah, ok thanks. My former boss is the son of the old king, not the present one.

But sha, these Yoruba kings are imposing, o! And very regal. Abi, na only my eye dey see am? How fear no go catch person wey wan misbehave for their palace or their front, sef??

IlekeHD:


Did Yoruba kings used to flog peasants back in the days?

Not sure about this but i know they still flog leeches

IlekeHD:


I don't know. Ekiti was part of Ondo for a while.

90% of the time, they converse in Ekiti.
I had a hard time in my Yoruba courses because I keep using Ekiti dialect. On several occasions, I argued with my professor about how I spoke Yoruba because I actually thought I was right. He was teaching Oyo Yoruba, but I kept mixing it with Ekiti. Well, until I got to college/towards end of high school, no one really told me that Yoruba is different from Yoruba. I grew up in a household where Yoruba is Yoruba. I learned about different Yoruba dialect Ijebu, Ekiti, etc on one NL thread a few years back. I called my mom to ask her and she was like "shame on you, so you didn't know?", like seriously? lol Yoruba ni Yoruba. I don't care about the location or dialect.

Oyo | Ekiti

Isu | Usu
e pkele o | In o ra
è | in
wa | bo si bi

etc

Missy89:


Depends on the part of Akoko you are talking about. Some parts like the South East migrated from Edo

Missy89:


Depends on the part of Akoko you are talking about. Some parts like the South East migrated from Edo

ProfShymex:


Lol. This is just basically nyggahs in Paris speaking in tongues. I'm still struggling with normal Yoruba, you're trying to confuse me with Ekiti. Thanks but no thanks.

Post some Ijebu...I wanna learn that. I know "Eweso" for greetings (I don't even know the meaning of the word but I know you greet an Ijebu person by saying it) - but I don't know how to respond to it in Ijebu.

Aareonakakanfo:


Not sure about this but i know they still flog leeches

Funjosh:
The Akoko, are they really Yoruba

IlekeHD:


Did Yoruba kings used to flog peasants back in the days?

IlekeHD:


I don't speak Ijebu o.

Sorry. Ijebu people plenty for NL tho, find one Ijebu mamacita to speak in tongues



@Aareonakakanfo

How different is your Ondo dialect from Ekiti?

mandarin:


When you study Samuel Johnson history of the Yoruba, it was centred on Oyo Empire and by no means exhaustive of all Yoruba tribes.Basically it was pro Oyo but Oyo was the youngest empire as at then, there were other kingdoms way back before Oyo and even before Ife.
Most pro Yoruba groups across the world talked of Ife but ife became prominent at the time of Oduduwa and before Oduduwa became the Adimula Olofin, there has been over 90 kings that had reigned. If for instance a king reigned an average of 10 years(some would be less others could be up to 50) then Ife had been having kings for over 900years. So what about those years? The Revd history never covered all of ife just largely Oyo.The Oyo were referred to as the Yoruba initially which now apply to all.Historically, places like Ekiti to Ondo, Idanre ,Owo and may be Ijebu predate ife and Oyo
Alot of Yoruba tribes not captured in Revd Johnson history include most of Ekiti, Ondo states, Yoruba in Kogi, Bini, Itsekiri, Olukumi, Gbagyi and Igala,Ilaje, Ikale etc

zimoni:
His brothe Barrister Sapara Williams was the first Nigeria Lawyer.

Sopona, I learnt Sopona ravaged Ijeshaland for years in those days before they found remedy. So it was this man that provided the remedy. Nice one, local disease requires local cure.

Till now, some local Ijesha people still use sopona to curse someone. They would say "Sopona La Je Ojure or Sopona La Pa Ooooo". My people can rain curse on themselves.

You are doing a wonderful job ProfShymex.

I hereby give you a Chieftancy Title - The Okanlomo of Yorubaland.

superstar1:


Naaaaa.

Such level of high handedness can lead to the king being deposed. At the same time, you dare not be rude to the King or the chiefs.

IlekeHD:

I don't speak Ijebu o.

Sorry. Ijebu people plenty for NL tho, find one Ijebu mamacita to speak in tongues

@Aareonakakanfo

How different is your Ondo dialect from Ekiti?

IlekeHD:


I don't speak Ijebu o.

Sorry. Ijebu people plenty for NL tho, find one Ijebu mamacita to speak in tongues



@Aareonakakanfo

How different is your Ondo dialect from Ekiti?

mandarin:
When you study Samuel Johnson history of the Yoruba, it was centred on Oyo Empire and by no means exhaustive of all Yoruba tribes.Basically it was pro Oyo but Oyo was the youngest empire as at then, there were other kingdoms way back before Oyo and even before Ife.
Most pro Yoruba groups across the world talked of Ife but ife became prominent at the time of Oduduwa and before Oduduwa became the Adimula Olofin, there has been over 90 kings that had reigned. If for instance a king reigned an average of 10 years(some would be less others could be up to 50) then Ife had been having kings for over 900years. So what about those years? The Revd history never covered all of ife just largely Oyo.The Oyo were referred to as the Yoruba initially which now apply to all.Historically, places like Ekiti to Ondo, Idanre ,Owo and may be Ijebu predate ife and Oyo
Alot of Yoruba tribes not captured in Revd Johnson history include most of Ekiti, Ondo states, Yoruba in Kogi, Bini, Itsekiri, Olukumi, Gbagyi and Igala,Ilaje, Ikale etc