fratermathy:


You also need to select the villages o. Make sure the integrity of Urhobo in the village is still present because in many villages, Pidgin is becoming the main thing now.

Go with villages in Southern/Eastern Urhoboland. Leave those villages near Warri; those ones have been compromised.

fratermathy:


I am more concerned with the youths. I'm aware that the ekpakos can speak Urhobo quite well. The youths, on the other hand, may not fall within the reach of your assertion. They are the ones who will pass Urhobo down to the next generation so I take their apathy towards the language as a threat to Urhobo ethnic identity.

Efewestern:


lolx.. no be our fault, years from now I doubt if there would be any village in urhobo again, with the way we are developing.

I prefer some villages in ughelle, those villages still speak urhobo well and if you speak pidgin they'd call you oyinbo

cc lalasticlala and seun do the needful.

Efewestern:

lolx.. no be our fault, years from now I doubt if there would be any village in urhobo again, with the way we are developing.

I prefer some villages in ughelle, those villages still speak urhobo well and if you speak pidgin they'd call you oyinbo

cc lalasticlala and seun do the needful.

Nicho118:
like odorubu

fratermathy:


You are very correct! Ughelli villages still speak Urhobo. However, Ughelli main town has been compromised as well. Although not yet as bad as Warri and Sapele.

Areas like Orogun, Agbarha, Ughievwen, Olomu, Evwreni, Uwherun and nearby areas can be relied upon for now.

fratermathy:


You are very correct! Ughelli villages still speak Urhobo. However, Ughelli main town has been compromised as well. Although not yet as bad as Warri and Sapele.

Areas like Orogun, Agbarha, Ughievwen, Olomu, Evwreni, Uwherun and nearby areas can be relied upon for now.

Efewestern:


yes I get your point, something really needs to be done about this, out of every 10 urhobo youth 2 can speak very well, 2 can only hear , the remaining six na OYO.

I think nothing can be done about this, if you have suggestions on how to tackle this issue free free to drop it.

Nicho118:
Uwherun? those people dialect go hard for me to learn o..

Efewestern:


I think you should remove orogun from your list, na mixture of pidgin and urhobo them they do there..

lalasticlala and seun oya do the needful

fratermathy:


You are very correct! Ughelli villages still speak Urhobo. However, Ughelli main town has been compromised as well. Although not yet as bad as Warri and Sapele.

Areas like Orogun, Agbarha, Ughievwen, Olomu, Evwreni, Uwherun and nearby areas can be relied upon for now.

Evestar200:
Orogun people that speak Ukwuani as their first language?

fratermathy:


I don tire for our matters. The reality is very sad.

The only solution is to engage in a mass campaign so that Urhobos can learn to appreciate the language better. We can use the Internet to draw attention and create a new Urhobo nationalism. That is why I like using nairaland to post some issues so that if the posts make Frontpage, they can reach out to many Urhobos. A post like this will go a long way if Lalasticlala or Seun puts it on Frontpage.

Apart from creating the consciousness, other Urhobos are creating movies, music, cartoons, oratory, etc, in Urhobo language to make learning the language easy. So the tools to learn are already there, they just need to be used by those who have taken interest in the language.

Again, we need to sensitise those in Urhobo towns and villages on the need to J'Urhobo! If prominent and very wealthy people are involved, an Urhobocentric ideology can be launched using media houses and billboards.

Urhobo should also be taken more seriously at the secondary school level. It should be a core subject for every Urhobo.

These, and many more, will, with time, correct some of the problems we have. I just hope that we all do our bits in actualising this.

Evestar200:
Orogun people that speak Ukwuani as their first language?

Efewestern:


orogun doesn't speak ukuani as first language, only some part have some ukwuani words in there language, likewise ukwuani who also miss urhobo with there's.

Nicho118:
they are bilingual

Nicho118:
that means the town is off the list

Efewestern:


orogun doesn't speak ukuani as first language, only some part have some ukwuani words in there language, likewise ukwuani who also miss urhobo with there's.

Evestar200:
have Orogun people around me, have never heard them one day wey them speak Urhobo, some do bear Urhobo name but never speak the language , I taught one of them is from Obiaruku in Ukwuani until he lost his dad and they told me he is from Orogun,am still shock till today because there was no sign of Urhobo in him.

Efewestern:


yes sure,, but I just corrected her, orogun still speak urhobo language, there case can be related to that of ofoni people who speaks ijaw and urhobo together .

Nicho118:
Agbarho should have been the best place to learn urhobo.. but pidgin don suck the town

Evestar200:
have Orogun people around me, have never heard them one day wey them speak Urhobo, some do bear Urhobo name but never speak the language , I taught one of them is from Obiaruku in Ukwuani until he lost his dad and they told me he is from Orogun,am still shock till today because there was no sign of Urhobo in him.

Evestar200:
even Ofoni People of Bayelsa Urhobo, speak Urhobo fluently than the Orogun people in Delta.

fratermathy:


That's why I nor even bother put Agbarho sef. We speak their dialect as central Urhobo but their youths of today cannot even speak it!

fratermathy:


I've met many people from central Orogun that blast Urhobo very well.

My former lecturer at DELSU, Dr. Awhefeada, is an Orogun man and he speaks Urhobo very well.

Sally Young, the famous Urhobo musician, is fro Orogun.

Although, there are some Orogun villages close to Amai and Abbi, like Agbarha-Orogun and Ukwuani is dominant there.

Evestar200:
vwo ke wro bo me vwe vwen ode na?

fratermathy:
Lalasticlala, Seun, Mynd44, OAM4J, Obinoscopy : We nor suppose beg una like this for this thread o. Not many threads on our people make Frontpage or even trending. Please do us the honour of taking this one to the front.

fratermathy:
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Mavor
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LKO
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fratermathy:
Area roll call:

Sanchez01
Efewestern
Opharhe
Onosprince
DBriteLitehouse
Scionofurhobo
Caringguy
Leriebloom
Igholize
DavidEsq
Fifthcolumnist
Efeski
Sevantex
mulattoclaroo
Daphey
Amberon
Mavor
Afriifa
K9ine
Nairaman66
Drstainlex
Erumena
Akoko11
BraniacX
Sexina851
LKO
Gmacnoms
Dragon3
Basilovie
Lalasticlala