the aim of this thread is not in anyway political ethnocentric but for knowledge and learning purpose.


let's begin

THE ITSEKIRI ALPHABET
Aa as in Ant
Bb as in Bee
Dd as in Deal
Ee as in Ate
Éé as in Egg (the letter E has the dot at the bottom not the top)
Ff as in Fee
as in Get
Ii as in Inn
Jj as in Jill
Kk as in Kill
Ll as in Lee
Mm as in Me
Nn as in Nil
Oo as in Oh
Óó as in Or
Pp as in Pill
Rr as in Rill
Ss as in See
Tt as in Till
Uu as in Ooze
Vv as in Veal
Ww as in We
Yy as in Yeild
Zz as in Zeal

so now let's proceed on how to use the letters in pronunciations

A- Arira (Ant)
B- Bóbó (Some)
D- Diden (red)
E- Egbele (birds)
É - Efo (vegetables)
F- Fifén (white)
G- Guun (to climb)
I - Iséfa (keys)
J -Jésu (Jesus)
K- Kokodié (Coconut)
L- Luu (to beat)
M- Mééné (One)
N -Nana (stretch)
O- Orusun (yam)
Ó - Ókó - (Canoe)
P - Péré ( Nail)
S - Soro (stand)
T -Tobele (tumbler)
U- Uko (Cup) Uwan (tongue)
V - veke (wide)
W - wuu (to shout)
Y - Yawun (misbehave)


others include

ts (Shi)- Tsola, Tsikale
gb
kp

onuwaje:
THE ITSEKIRI ALPHABET
Aa as in Ant
Bb as in Bee
Dd as in Deal
Ee as in Ate
Éé as in Egg (the letter E has the dot at the bottom not the top)
Ff as in Fee
as in Get
Ii as in Inn
Jj as in Jill
Kk as in Kill
Ll as in Lee
Mm as in Me
Nn as in Nil
Oo as in Oh
Óó as in Or
Pp as in Pill
Rr as in Rill
Ss as in See
Tt as in Till
Uu as in Ooze
Vv as in Veal
Ww as in We
Yy as in Yeild
Zz as in Zeal

Ehhhhn
wait o, una no get Gb and Gh?

Although I was surprised to see V

WuraAtiFadaka:


Ehhhhn wait o, una no get Gb and Gh?
Although I was surprised to see V

we do i am typing off head it will be corrected now
thanks for the alert

next is numbers in Itsekiri i will list 1-20

1. Mééne
2. Meji
3. Mééta
4. Méérén
5. Maaru
6. Mééfa
7. Meeje
8. Mééjó
9. Méésan
10. Méégua
11. Okan légua
12. Eji légua
13. Eta légua
14. Érén légua
15. Maaru légua
16. Éfa legua
17. Mééta ee Jeto Ogun
18. Meji ee Jeto Ogun
19.. Okan ee jeto Ogun
20. Ogun

waje couldn't mention me and my goons on this thread.

I was ban on that thread for listing towns in warri, I don't know how warri effect nairaland, seun please work on that.

I can see some borrowed urhobo words there, like uko and kokodie, also I noticed your numbering is almost same with Yoruba.

cc:
fratermathy
Sanchez01
Nicho118

next is greetings and salutations in Itsekiri and d response is in bracket
1. Doh (hello)
Response (Doh)

2. Aghan doh (also pronounced "Ahn dooh) it means "well done all"
Response : (Éné jé) it means "we accept"

3. Ere - Ówuró/Erówuró (Good morning)

Response: Ere- Ówuró ra to ósón/ Erówuró tosón (let d morning bring forth good to the afternoon) but the typical response is usually "Erówuró Omeremi" (good morning my person)

more loading when i charge my fone. lol

Very sensible thread, I love it!!!

still.on Itsekiri 101

Greeting
Ere-Ósón/Erósón (Good afternoon)
Response: Ere-Ósón ra to alé (let the good of the afternoon lead u to the evening) or Ere-Ósón Omeremi (good afternoon my person

Greeting
Ere-alé/Eralé (Good evening)
Response
Ere-alé je (we enjoy d evening together) or Eralé Omeremi

Greeting
Ode-ejuma/Odejuma (good night)
[Ejuma means tomoro in Itsekiri]

Response: Ode-ejuma/Odejuma

Other salutations and response in Itsekiri includes (with their reply in bracket)
Erubó "welcome" (Adokpe "thanks"

Also when in a gathering to acknowledge the presence of everybody one is expected to say the following

1. Oma-Iwéré dede mo kiaghan (pronounced "Omiwéré dede mokian) which literally means "child of Iwéré i salute u all"
The response is
Ené jé (we accept)

N:B Itsekiri call their homeland in general IWÉRÉ


2nd form of greeting in itsekiri is
Aja mo kiaghan (pronounced Aja mokian) it means i salute the community/village as Aja in Itsekiri means village/town/settlement


The reply is
Aja jé (the town/village/community accepts)


So on nairaland i can say

Nairaland Mo kiaghan lol the response will be nairaland jé

Efewestern:
waje couldn't mention me and my goons on this thread.

I was ban on that thread for listing towns in warri, I don't know how warri effect nairaland, seun please work on that.

I can see some borrowed urhobo words there, like uko and kokodie, also I noticed your numbering is almost same with Yoruba.

cc:
fratermathy
Sanchez01
Nicho118

same here i am in cell 003 lol
sorry for not mentioning u earlier
BEDC so i was in a hurry
pls apologies..

yea Itsekiri is a distinct dialect with the Yoruba language so as we go on u will see many similarities

remember i have always said
itsekiri is an hybrid tribe
mixture of Yoruba,Benin and their neighbours

onuwaje:


same here i am in cell 003 lol
sorry for not mentioning u earlier
BEDC so i was in a hurry
pls apologies..

yea Itsekiri is a distinct dialect with the Yoruba language so as we go on u will see many similarities

remember i have always said
itsekiri is an hybrid tribe
mixture of Yoruba,Benin and their neighbours

@bolded is itsekiri a dialect or a language.

the only benin influence I can see in itsekiri is the culture, apart from that I don't think itsekiri share anything with Benin again, was having a convoc with a guy about this and he said itsekiri migrated from Benin, but I was told itsekiri only adopted a beni prince.

You can as well list names of animals.

OAUTemitayo and other pro itsekiri on this forum I think this thread will be interesting to you.

cheers!!!

cc: seun, lalasticlala, please move this to fp when the op finishes with his writing.

more on Itsekiri greeting and response 1. Bokór? (how re u ) response: mo winór ( i am fine)
2. Ara dé? (hope u are well or how body in pidgin) response: Ara mi ( i am well)
to be continued
BEDC Is messing me up

onuwaje:
more on Itsekiri greeting and response
1. Bokór? (how re u )
response: mo winór ( i am fine)

2. Ara dé? (hope u are well or how body in pidgin)
response: Ara mi ( i am well)

to be continued

BEDC Is messing me up

that's y you need a good lasting battery, my 4,000mah last me for 12 hrs and I charge for only 1:30mins.

Efewestern:


@bolded is itsekiri a dialect or a language.

the only benin influence I can see in itsekiri is the culture, apart from that I don't think itsekiri share anything with Benin again, was having a convoc with a guy about this and he said itsekiri migrated from Benin, but I was told itsekiri only adopted a beni prince.

You can as well list names of animals.

OAUTemitayo and other pro itsekiri on this forum I think this thread will be interesting to you.

cheers!!!

cc: seun, lalasticlala, please move this to fp when the op finishes with his writing.

yea u are right
but weda small or big an influence is am influence.

small small we de get there

Efewestern:


that's y you need a good lasting battery, my 4,000mah last me for 12 hrs and I charge for only 1:30mins.

i use infinix hot4 but we never see better light for days now

Popular household items
1. Aga (Chair)
2. Iméjé (Table)
3. Utukpa (lamp)
4. Ekpetin (box)
5. Ukpo (bed)
6. Ésété (plate)
7. Ukujéré (spoon)
8. Uko (cup)
9. Éwo (pot)
10. udayibo (cutlass)
11. uda (sword)

Still on Itsekiri 101

1. Father -Owa
2. mother - Iye
3. Son/Daughter - Otón
4. man - Okérén/Edema/ Okoro
5. woman - Obirén
6. Family - Ebi

other words in Itsekiri
come -Wa
go - re
big - Kporo
small -tie (pronounced tiyé)

days of the week

1. Ajijala-Kporo (sunday)
2. Ojutse- Otsógua (monday)
3. Ókeji (Tuesday)
4. Ókéta (Wednesday)
5. Ókéérén (thursday)
6. Isoja (Friday )
7. Ójijala tie (Saturday)

colours
1. Diden (Red)
2. Fifen (white)
3. Egho ( Green)
4. Ekpo (yellow)
5. Dudun (black)


weather
1. Owo (sun)
2. Eji (rain)
3. Aféré (wind)

Interesting. Thank you Efewestern. I have the intention of marrying an Itsekiris all things being equal

OAUTemitayo:
Interesting.
Thank you Efewestern.
I have the intention of marrying an Itsekiris all things being equal

itsekiri ladies are dark and beautiful, nice choice. so do you understand anything the op wrote?

Efewestern:


itsekiri ladies are dark and beautiful, nice choice. so do you understand anything the op wrote?

I know the numbers. So many words there are familiar with Yoruba so I understand them immediately.
I must learn Itsekiri.

Too many loan words up there.
Poster, how many languages or dialects, as the case may be, does Itshekiri share lexicon with?

Cuddlebugie:
Too many loan words up there.
Poster, how many languages or dialects, as the case may be, does Itshekiri share lexicon with?

itsekiri have only one dialect, they speak same.

OAUTemitayo:
I know the numbers. So many words there are familiar with Yoruba so I understand them immediately.
I must learn Itsekiri.

some words are borrowed from urhobo, They make use of "ts" why Yoruba make use of "sh" but I think they are pronounced same way, the itsekiri language is said to b same with the one spoken in ondo, I don't know how true this Is.

like oriste / orisha
tsola / shola
atuwatse / atuwashe

the op can list more for you, so learning it won't b difficult.

cc:
seun and lalasticlala do the needful

Efewestern:


some words are borrowed from urhobo, They make use of "ts" why Yoruba make use of "sh" but I think they are pronounced same way, the itsekiri language is said to b same with the one spoken in ondo, I don't know how true this Is.

like oriste / orisha
tsola / shola
atuwatse / atuwashe

the op can list more for you, so learning it won't b difficult.

cc:
seun and lalasticlala do the needful

Wow. That is cool. I am particularly interested in finding any book where the Itsekiri language is laid out bare.

Efewestern:


itsekiri have only one dialect, they speak same.

That i know. What i don't know is the number of dialects/languages itshekiri shares its lexicon with.

Cuddlebugie:
Too many loan words up there.
Poster, how many languages or dialects, as the case may be, does Itshekiri share lexicon with?

the Itsekiri is a dialect of the yoruba language that has huge influence from Benin, Urhobo and Ilaje

Cuddlebugie:

That i know. What i don't know is the number of dialects/languages itshekiri shares its lexicon with.

Yoruba, with little influence from urhobo and edo

domestic animals

Sheep- Agutan
Goat- Ekeregbe
Pig -Esin
Dog- Érénja
Cow - Imila
Fowl- Egbele
Duck-Kpakpayéké
Turkey-Tolotolo


Parts of the body
Head- Origho
Ear- Etin
Mouth- Arun
Egbeke- Shoulder
Hand- Éwo
Eye- Eju




N:B The Itsekiri language is a Yoruboid Language found in Delta State.

@onuwaje is femi an itsekiri word cous it's only oristefemi that's bearing that name as itsekiri

Efewestern:
@onuwaje is femi an itsekiri word cous it's only oristefemi that's bearing that name as itsekiri

Oritseofemi that's d best Itsekiri translation i can transcribe for now lol