Was thinking of Some connection b/w Ilaje and Itsekiri this morning , Although I see so many Similarities but I still see some Differences between them.

Itsekiri
Itsekiri are people of The Niger Delta , They speak a language very similar to Ilaje and Yoruba , Making them one of the key branch of the Yoruboid language. The Itsekiri presently number just over a million people and live mainly in the Warri South , Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State on the Atlantic Coast of Nigeria . Significant communities of Itsekiris can be found in parts of Edo and Ondo states.

Ilaje

The Ilajes are a distinguished, distinct linguistic group of Yoruba peoples made up of four geo-political entities namely Ugbo, Mahin, Etikan and Aheri.

below are some Similarities and Differences b/w Ilaje And Itsekiri

Similarities

1. Language : The Ilaje Unlike other Yoruba Ethnic group speak almost the same language with Itsekiri, If an Itsekiri man speaks someone from Ogun or Lagos won't understand but An Ilaje man Will Understand Fully.. Let's take this As an example.. An Itsekiri man will say Omi Iwerre Dede' o why An Ilaje man will Say Oma Ilaje Dede' Lookin at both sentence you can See The Great Similarities b/w them but The Yoruba will say Omo Yoruba Fefe

2 Occupation : The major Occupation of The Ilaje/Itsekiri people re mostly fishing , but due to heavy oil exploitation in there land They no longer Make use of there water Bodies (All Thanks To The Nigeria Government)

3. Wealth : The Ilaje and Itsekiri people are very rich because of the oil being found in There land.. itsekiri account for about 70% of oil Production in Delta State why Ilaje Account for about 96% of Oil production in On do

3. Accommodating : The Ilaje and Itsekiri people are very very accommodating. I remember my mom always telling me How Accommodating they her..

4. Intelligent : Most of the Big names and Professor in Ondo state are mostly From Ilaje Extraction. Similarly the Itsekiri's re well educated and Also Brilliant.

Differences

1. Culture : The Itsekiri culture is totally diff from The Ilaje Ethnic group, Although Some itsekiri communities share alot of Things with them but Majority of Itsekiri's culture are mostly Edo.. Be it Food, marriage, burial e.tc

2. Itsekiri's are more connected to Urhobo, so they act like The Urhobo People

3. The Itsekiri Think Differently from Ilaje ..

written by Ayo Goodboiyy that loyal Urhobo boiyy

Cc: Djicemob , Setaje. onuwaje, wirinet
others: Freemanan, scholes0, fratermathy, trapQ

Wow, I've never heard of ilaje before.

I love itsekiri women. I have an itsekiri friend called Misan. This babe fine like foreign witch. Nice article bros. Lalasticala and the mods show move this ASAP to the front page.

Nice one goodboiyy...i've always thought about this too when i did my service in ondo years back.So much similarities i found find out between the two tribes.I also found that most itsekiris have some kind of connection with the ilajes are vice versa....even your's truly.

1. Language : The Ilaje Unlike other Yoruba Ethnic group speak almost the same language with Itsekiri, If an Itsekiri man speaks someone from Ogun or Lagos won't understand but An Ilaje man Will Understand Fully.. Let's take this As an example.. An Itsekiri man will say Omi Iwerre Dede' o why An Ilaje man will Say Oma Ilaje Dede' Lookin at both sentence you can See The Great Similarities b/w them but The Yoruba will say Omo Yoruba Fefe

Both Ilaje and Itsekiri are actually:
Oma Ilaje Dede
Oma Iwerre Dede

It is the contraction of the 'A' ending the Oma, and the 'I' beginning the Iwerre that causes a vowel to be omitted and everything pronounced as "Omiwerre Dede" , when the phrase is being pronounced fastly in speech.
Standard Yoruba on the other hand say 'Omo Yoruba gbogbo" , not Fefe ... However, the use of the word "Dede" to mean 'All' or 'Entire' is not restricted to just Ilaje and Itsekiri. It is a feature of south-Eastern yoruba dialects such as Owo, Ilaje, Ikale, Ondo, Siluko/Usen and Okada.

2 Occupation : The major Occupation of The Ilaje/Itsekiri people re mostly fishing , but due to heavy oil exploitation in there land They no longer Make use of there water Bodies (All Thanks To The Nigeria Government)

Wealth : The Ilaje and Itsekiri people are very rich because of the oil being found in There land.. itsekiri account for about 70% of oil Production in Delta State why Ilaje Account for about 96% of Oil production in Ondo

3. Accommodating : The Ilaje and Itsekiri people are very very accommodating. I remember my mom always telling me How Accommodating they her..

4. Intelligent : Most of the Big names and Professor in Ondo state are mostly From Ilaje Extraction. Similarly the Itsekiri's re well educated and Also Brilliant.

Spot on.
I think the Ilajes are the closest Yoruba group to the Itsekiris.

Ilaje and Itsekiri women/people, I no know which one fine pass.

Goodboiyy, I always love your threads because you advocate for unity in spite of the massive tribalism on nairaland. I just hope some bigots won't come and derail this thread. As for Lalasticlala, better do what is needed.


To add to this thread:
Differences

Itsekiris have a wider range of words borrowed from alot of languages unlike Ilaje whose words are still mainly Yoruba.
Itsekiris practise the Edo system of monarchy but Ilajes follow suit with their Yoruba brothers.
Itsekiris have a different cuisine which are more like Urhobo and Ijaw cuisines. Itsekiris eat Starch and Owho soup which is similar to the Urhobos. Ilajes, on the other hand, draw their cuisine from Yoruba with some Ijaw influence in adjoining areas.
Itsekiris dress differently from Ilajes. Itsekiri dressing is similar to that of Urhobo people while Ilajes mostly dress as Yorubas do.



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Omo network nor dey gree me check nairaland well for ekiti

When I reach warri today I go dey fully

Op well done

mulattoclaro:
I love itsekiri women. I have an itsekiri friend called Misan. This babe fine like foreign witch. Nice article bros. Lalasticala and the mods show move this ASAP to the front page.

Boss hw far.. I thought u said u hate naija babes.. How come you suddenly like itsekiri girls ?

fratermathy:
Goodboiyy, I always love your threads because you advocate for unity in spite of the massive tribalism on nairaland. I just hope some bigots won't come and derail this thread. As for Lalasticlala, better do what is needed.


To add to this thread:
Differences

Itsekiris have a wider range of words borrowed from alot of languages unlike Ilaje whose words are still mainly Yoruba.
Itsekiris practise the Edo system of monarchy but Ilajes follow suit with their Yoruba brothers.
Itsekiris have a different cuisine which are more like Urhobo and Ijaw cuisines. Itsekiris eat Starch and Owho soup which is similar to the Urhobos. Ilajes, on the other hand, draw their cuisine from Yoruba with some Ijaw influence in adjoining areas.
Itsekiris dress differently from Ilajes. Itsekiri dressing is similar to that of Urhobo people while Ilajes mostly dress as Yorubas do.



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Bross I loyal..

Seun , Lalasticlala do the needful

Djicemob:
Nice one goodboiyy...i've always thought about this too when i did my service in ondo years back.So much similarities i found find out between the two tribes.I also found that most itsekiris have some kind of connection with the ilajes are vice versa....even your's truly.

Yes correct.. especially those itsekiri communities in Ondo .. Ilaje re our brothers.. we have live together for so many years without Any problem.. Although there re some differences b/w both tribe.

Goodboiyy:


Boss hw far.. I thought u said u hate naija babes.. How come you suddenly like itsekiri girls ?

i don't hate them bros. Na their hungry character i hate. But If I was single I no go marry Nigerian girl. My Brazilian wife fine pass them bros.

mulattoclaro:
i don't hate them bros. Na their hungry character i hate. But If I was single I no go marry Nigerian girl. My Brazilian wife fine pass them bros.

Can I see a pics of The said Wife ?.. Mehn don't play with Naija chicks oo.. By the time you Handle Chioma, U won't know wen u will Rape Bukimi and Ask Elohor out.. Our chicks re damm hot.. my boo Urhobo thou.. I swear she is f**king hot.


Seun and lalasticlala this post they wait oo

Goodboiyy:


Can I see a pics of The said Wife ?.. Mehn don't play with Naija chicks oo.. By the time you Handle Chioma, U won't know wen u will Rape Bukimi and Ask Elohor out.. Our chicks re damm hot.. my boo Urhobo thou.. I swear she is f**king hot.


Seun and lalasticlala this post they wait oo

hmm. Check all my topics you will her pics there bros.

Hmmm

Seun and Lalasticlala this post nor worth ur fp ?.

Goodboiyy:
Seun and Lalasticlala this post nor worth ur fp ?.

Dominique, bigfrancis21, Oam4j, afam4eva, et al. Please encourage the op.

fratermathy:


Dominique, bigfrancis21, Oam4j, afam4eva, et al. Please encourage the op.

asin anything that has to do with minorities na so he they end.. I belief the mod will do something about this sha ..

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Nice one

itseki babes hot shaaa

Our soldiers

I hope some bigots will not come and spoil this thread...we know them.....always lording over others

How about the Ikales and Benin people? any similarities?

Will be very elated if someone could give me answer to this cos I saw some benin people while praying.

Am from Ikale.

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Goodboiyy:
Was thinking of Some connection b/w Ilaje and Itsekiri this morning , Although I see so many Similarities but I still see some Differences between them.

Itsekiri
Itsekiri are people of The Niger Delta , They speak a language very similar to Ilaje and Yoruba , Making them one of the key branch of the Yoruboid language. The Itsekiri presently number just over a million people and live mainly in the Warri South , Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State on the Atlantic Coast of Nigeria . Significant communities of Itsekiris can be found in parts of Edo and Ondo states.

Ilaje

The Ilajes are a distinguished, distinct linguistic group of Yoruba peoples made up of four geo-political entities namely Ugbo, Mahin, Etikan and Aheri.

below are some Similarities and Differences b/w Ilaje And Itsekiri

Similarities

1. Language : The Ilaje Unlike other Yoruba Ethnic group speak almost the same language with Itsekiri, If an Itsekiri man speaks someone from Ogun or Lagos won't understand but An Ilaje man Will Understand Fully.. Let's take this As an example.. An Itsekiri man will say Omi Iwerre Dede' o why An Ilaje man will Say Oma Ilaje Dede' Lookin at both sentence you can See The Great Similarities b/w them but The Yoruba will say Omo Yoruba Fefe

2 Occupation : The major Occupation of The Ilaje/Itsekiri people re mostly fishing , but due to heavy oil exploitation in there land They no longer Make use of there water Bodies (All Thanks To The Nigeria Government)

3. Wealth : The Ilaje and Itsekiri people are very rich because of the oil being found in There land.. itsekiri account for about 70% of oil Production in Delta State why Ilaje Account for about 96% of Oil production in On do

3. Accommodating : The Ilaje and Itsekiri people are very very accommodating. I remember my mom always telling me How Accommodating they her..

4. Intelligent : Most of the Big names and Professor in Ondo state are mostly From Ilaje Extraction. Similarly the Itsekiri's re well educated and Also Brilliant.

Differences

1. Culture : The Itsekiri culture is totally diff from The Ilaje Ethnic group, Although Some itsekiri communities share alot of Things with them but Majority of Itsekiri's culture are mostly Edo.. Be it Food, marriage, burial e.tc

2. Itsekiri's are more connected to Urhobo, so they act like The Urhobo People

3. The Itsekiri Think Differently from Ilaje ..

written by Ayo Goodboiyy that loyal Urhobo boiyy

actually the issue of 'Dede' is no difference to me....in omawummi's song, she said the phrase "ewo omo were Dede "..... I knew exactly what she meant because Dede and omi are both words spoken in ijesha accent which I am from. I haven't come in contact with an ilaje before but I have heard itshkiri and I quite pick up most of their words when spoken slowly....

the Ilajes are very accommodating. my friends posted there for their PPAs said they're being paid 25k monthly. I wanted to be posted there but as God will have it,I was posted to akure.