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Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Nobody: 11:05pm On Dec 02, 2018 |
Sinistami: Bcuz u scatter like insect nor mean say u get leg !.... So sempe for dat your corner , ijaws are no majority not even in bayelsa 3 Likes |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 11:10am On Dec 03, 2018 |
CooperJay: Now what are you saying. I see your dillusional no need arguing with you. 1 Like |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Nobody: 11:12am On Dec 03, 2018 |
Sinistami:OK |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by nengibo: 9:42pm On Dec 04, 2018 |
Plenty words here are Ijaw Ada, da- father Sisi-please Yo, bo-come Alagba- gun Fulo-soup Alua/nua-welcome Abana- plantain Abaga-shoe, boot 1 Like |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 10:48am On Dec 05, 2018 |
nengibo: Yes you're right! After all we all are one Ijaw. But the Bulk of the language and its rules are Edoid. 3 Likes |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by magicjack: 6:24pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
so epie is ijaw too, so apart from ijaw which groups are in bayelsa, is it true there are also igbo and isoko there? |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 7:38am On Dec 10, 2018 |
magicjack: There are Isoko and Urhobo indigenous to Bayelsa in Sagbama L.G.A there's is also a place called Isoko Bayelsa where a lot of Isoko and Urhobo people both from Delta and Bayelsa stay. As for the Igbo I don't know much about that though I hear there is an Igbo Subgroup indigenous to Ogbia local Government Area called Ekpeye. But I haven't really seen them. |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by viscerion: 12:36pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
Sinistami: so which other tribes dey bayelsa besides ijaw? |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by fero007: 1:02pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
Sinistami: mehn, dis south south we have to make ourselves known in this country o, all this major tribe mumu politics is too much, many people dont even know that south south we even exist 1 Like |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 5:02pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
fero007: Abobi The thing taya me Bross. Omehn |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by rhektor(m): 8:05am On Dec 22, 2018 |
Sinistami: No wonder the Engenni language and this Epie seems so similar |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by rhektor(m): 8:07am On Dec 22, 2018 |
Sinistami: I think Ekpeye is predominantly in Ahoada east and west local government of Rivers state 1 Like |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by George158: 10:39am On Dec 22, 2018 |
Exactly what I needed! You just saved me several hours. Thanks! 9apps |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 11:43am On Dec 24, 2018 |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by nowpresence(f): 8:46am On Dec 28, 2018 |
most of the words sounds like urhobo. it's like a dialet of urhobo. 1 Like |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by nowpresence(f): 8:50am On Dec 28, 2018 |
Sinistami:so much urhobo here like oko, amin, oni(onu), omo, omona (omone). |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by nowpresence(f): 8:50am On Dec 28, 2018 |
op write more let me compare |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 9:12am On Dec 28, 2018 |
nowpresence: No not a dialect |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by fero007: 12:11pm On Dec 28, 2018 |
Sinistami: Thats why i say that because isoko n urhobo sound lyk edo doesnt make dem same tribe, or will they say epie is edo too? I normally say same 4 tsekiri, ika, ikwerre but i dont want somepeople to start war here |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 3:59pm On Dec 28, 2018 |
Ede: River Gene: Big Edube: Person Sin: Thing Kie: Give Sil`è: Run Oya: suffer Greetings; Wo ya?: literally means You there? (Yu de? in pidgin) means How are you? Me ya o!: Answer to Wo ya? means I'm here! means I'm fine Me mu ya o!: I'm not fine Ozukpozè?: literally means Body Strong/Fine? Ozukpozè o! : literally means Yes Body's fine o Ozumukpozè: literally Body's not fine Ugo: Eagle, Shout, or Victory or Joy. Diè: look t Mon: See Gbie: kill Gbe: Run |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 5:55pm On Dec 28, 2018 |
fero007: Well that's true. |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by StarFlux: 6:43pm On Jan 14, 2019 |
Chey, the richness of Nigeria's languages and folks never ceases to amaze me. Epie language ke! Now I know, e se oga. nowpresence:They are both Edoid languages, hence the similarities in vocabulary. They stem from the same mother language. It makes as much sense to say that Urhobo is a dialect of Epie as the other way around. So, it makes no sense all in all. |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 12:42pm On Jan 16, 2019 |
StarFlux: Thanks for clearing that up. And Nigerian languages are amazing. But Sadly this Epie is dying even I can't speak it as its people are in the middle of a growing and Booming Metropolitan centre and can be found no where else but there. And its worse as its in the Niger Delta with pidgin being Creolized and English Nativized. I grew up speaking Pidgin as a Native language. Well I've accepted it now but that's why I opened this Thread. 1 Like |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by viscerion: 10:24am On Jan 17, 2019 |
Sinistami: From port harcourt to benin, pidgin nah una tradition, lol, it's always funny when people from niger delta come to visit their people in ibadan and the ones in ibadan will be the ones to teach them the language instead of the other way round anyway nothing goes for nothing, d decline of d languages was d prize payed for the sweet pidgin, but as i lyk d pidgin reach i nor wan loss my oron language 1 Like |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 1:27pm On Jan 17, 2019 |
viscerion: Well you're right!!! The language still sweet shaa!! But the price was too heavy but anyway now we know we have a language that can represent us. You be Oron ? Akwa ibom? |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by StarFlux: 3:23pm On Jan 21, 2019 |
Sinistami:Yeah, it's a shame. I was never taught my mother language either, so I know how you feel. I try to learn, but it's too difficult when basically no one around me can speaker it either. Nigeria was never meant to be a nation, but here we are. Language death is a natural consequence of the nation-building process. |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Sinistami(m): 4:17pm On Jan 21, 2019 |
StarFlux: Well Nigeria isn't a nation in the real sense of the word. We're just a state a country. But it's still my country that I must build and defend no matter what. And yeah language death is a consequence of building a nation, so here we are. |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by Ukaegbumbeh(m): 2:53pm On Feb 02, 2019 |
Edodefender:So you mean lgbo force uche okwokwo to become Secretary of ohanaeze and Chibuike Amaechi etc. To become pan lgbo member? lf you have not seen edo claiming uhrobo?, l have see them, even claiming Anioma, Anambra, River state etc. lgbo cannot force any tribe to become lgbo because ife eji abu lgbo erika |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by darfay: 1:50am On Feb 09, 2019 |
viscerion: Speak for yourself. Everybody in isokoland can and actually speaks isoko 1 Like |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by fero007: 9:10pm On Feb 16, 2019 |
darfay: really? well i only visited oleh n ozoro once long ago, and the oda few villages i've visited in delta it's only the elderly dat speak d language d youths roll pidgin, .While in cities warri, asaba, sapele local language is almost extinct(lol) |
Re: Words From The Epie Language Of Yenagoa. by darfay: 9:39pm On Feb 16, 2019 |
fero007: In my home town olomoro very close to Oleh. Everybody can speak isoko but it's not imposed on anybody. They answer you in the language you speak The elderly,women, girls of all age, early teen boys and children use isoko to communicate amongst themselves while male youths of certain age code switch between both mostly favour pidgin... I was in oleh not quite long, people there speak also I saw some children and labourers speaking tho but not like us The reason why our languages are dying is because the youth don't see it as fashionable since there is no new slang(yoruba has a lot thanks to their agberos ![]() I don't know about asaba but I think they should be fully igbo speaking o. What tribe are you btw 1 Like |
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