Ki lo se! I know there are many dialects in the Yoruba language, but I'm sure most of us have not seen or heard all of them. So in an attempt to increase our understanding of Yoruba, lets try and translate the following sentences each into a dialect.

The rules are you must use a different dialect each time until all (or as many as possible) have been used.

Hello, how are you?

Do you want to eat now?

I'll start. Since I Know virtually no Yoruba, I'll only be able to do the first one.

I assume this is Central Yoruba.

Hello, How are you?
Ba wo ni?

Okun, baworin¿
Se loyan rofe jeun¿
#YagbaWest

mod

OKUN OOO
KABI SERII

OWE / KABBA
owe meleboo,

odumchi:

Since I Know virtually no Yoruba

then why does the matter interest you?

tpia@:

then why does the matter interest you?

I don't have to know a language for it to interest me. Anyway, you still havent shown us your own dialect.

llbhuds:

OKUN OOO
KABI SERII

OWE / KABBA
owe meleboo,

sorry is that highlighted DO YOU WANNA EAT NOW

Is Yagba west a LGA?

Sure, and the language and people from there are called Yagba

Oh ok. So how many dialects are there in Yoruba? And I'd like to see Ekiti or even Ijebu.

Emmyk:

sorry is that highlighted DO YOU WANNA EAT NOW

NO,  Its a preamble to an eulogy to the native speakers of the language OWE and the people of Kabba town

“Boo ni” - How are you

Ibadan Yoruba

(pronounced as o in the English language)

Iffy thread.

Hello, how are you?
Ba wo ni kan

Do you want to eat now?

So fe jenu ni

GWslim:


Hello, how are you?
Ba wo ni kan

Do you want to eat now?

So fe jenu ni

Lawd have mercy!!

NONSENSE TOPIC.

PLS DO BETTER NEXT TIME

Hello, how are you?

Do you want to eat now?


1. (Ibadan- Oyo state)
Nle, Boo ni o?

So o jeun

2. (Ifon-Ondo state)
Le, Se we sie?

Wa ka jeun

LOL

GWslim:


Hello, how are you?
Ba wo ni kan

Do you want to eat now?

So fe jenu ni

LWMDFH.

Hello, how are you?
Eloo,bawo ni?

Do you want to eat now?
Se o fe jeun ni isiyin?

Bawo,so wapa ?
Se o fe jeun nisin ?

I once asked an acquaintance that said she's of Yoruba origin but grew up Ivory Coast how she would say "I want to eat" and she said "mo fe dunu", which literally translates to "I want to make my belly happy."

I guess she would be considered Agun or Ajase? But I know the francophones call them “Anago.”

Okay I need this translated to Yoruba, 'another person's hair'.

nomorename:

Okay I need this translated to Yoruba, 'another person's hair'.

Mo fe j'oko - if addressing a guy
Mo fe j'obo - if addressing a girl

okUN alhaja = LESBIAN

OBOW YEE = treasure island

kehinde = twins

Youba dialects

North-West Yoruba (NWY).
[/b]Abẹokuta, Ibadan, Ọyọ, Ogun and Lagos (Eko) areas

[b]Central Yoruba (CY)
[/b]Igbomina, Yagba, Ilésà, Ifẹ, Ekiti, Akurẹ, Ẹfọn, and Ijẹbu areas.

[b]South-East Yoruba (SEY)
[/b]Okitipupa, Ilaje, Ondo, Ọwọ, Ikarẹ, Ṣagamu, and parts of Ijẹbu.




[b]North-West Yoruba is historically a part of the Ọyọ empire. In NWY dialects, Proto-Yoruba /gh/ (the velar fricative [ɣ]) and /gw/ have merged into /w/; the upper vowels /i ̣/ and /ụ/ were raised and merged with /i/ and /u/, just as their nasal counterparts, resulting in a vowel system with seven oral and three nasal vowels. Ethnographically, traditional government is based on a division of power between civil and war chiefs; lineage and descent are unilineal and agnatic.


South-East Yoruba was probably associated with the expansion of the Benin Empire after c. 1450 AD.[5] In contrast to NWY, lineage and descent are largely multilineal and cognatic, and the division of titles into war and civil is unknown. Linguistically, SEY has retained the /gh/ and /gw/ contrast, while it has lowered the nasal vowels /ịn/ and /ụn/ to /ẹn/ and /ọn/, respectively. SEY has collapsed the second and third person plural pronominal forms; thus, àn án wá can mean either 'you (pl.) came' or 'they came' in SEY dialects, whereas NWY for example has ẹ wá 'you (pl.) came' and wọ́n wá 'they came', respectively. The emergence of a plural of respect may have prevented coalescence of the two in NWY dialects.


Central Yoruba forms a transitional area in that the lexicon has much in common with NWY, whereas it shares many ethnographical features with SEY. Its vowel system is the least innovating (most stable) of the three dialect groups, having retained nine oral-vowel contrasts and six or seven nasal vowels, and an extensive vowel harmony system.




PS: Was Fulani ever in Yorubaland before colonial times? There's no traceable influence.

I'll start. Since I Know virtually no Yoruba, I'll only be
able to do the first one.
I assume this is Central Yoruba.
Hello, How are you?
Ba wo ni?


Imagine nd U r bold to say it

agbari-ojuku--- Head of Ojukwu 

Ileke-IdI:

Youba dialects

North-West Yoruba (NWY).
[/b]Abẹokuta, Ibadan, Ọyọ, Ogun and Lagos (Eko) areas

[b]Central Yoruba (CY)
[/b]Igbomina, Yagba, Ilésà, Ifẹ, Ekiti, Akurẹ, Ẹfọn, and Ijẹbu areas.

[b]South-East Yoruba (SEY)
[/b]Okitipupa, Ilaje, Ondo, Ọwọ, Ikarẹ, Ṣagamu, and parts of Ijẹbu.




[b]North-West Yoruba is historically a part of the Ọyọ empire. In NWY dialects, Proto-Yoruba /gh/ (the velar fricative [ɣ]) and /gw/ have merged into /w/; the upper vowels /i ̣/ and /ụ/ were raised and merged with /i/ and /u/, just as their nasal counterparts, resulting in a vowel system with seven oral and three nasal vowels. Ethnographically, traditional government is based on a division of power between civil and war chiefs; lineage and descent are unilineal and agnatic.


South-East Yoruba was probably associated with the expansion of the Benin Empire after c. 1450 AD.[5] In contrast to NWY, lineage and descent are largely multilineal and cognatic, and the division of titles into war and civil is unknown. Linguistically, SEY has retained the /gh/ and /gw/ contrast, while it has lowered the nasal vowels /ịn/ and /ụn/ to /ẹn/ and /ọn/, respectively. SEY has collapsed the second and third person plural pronominal forms; thus, àn án wá can mean either 'you (pl.) came' or 'they came' in SEY dialects, whereas NWY for example has ẹ wá 'you (pl.) came' and wọ́n wá 'they came', respectively. The emergence of a plural of respect may have prevented coalescence of the two in NWY dialects.


Central Yoruba forms a transitional area in that the lexicon has much in common with NWY, whereas it shares many ethnographical features with SEY. Its vowel system is the least innovating (most stable) of the three dialect groups, having retained nine oral-vowel contrasts and six or seven nasal vowels, and an extensive vowel harmony system.

PS: Was Fulani ever in Yorubaland before colonial times? There's no traceable influence.

I never knew the word "e" (eh) is plural. Are you also saying the "plural of respect" is only used by SWY or the "e" originated from them?

isiro loko dido. how do you translate it to yoruba?

Wallie:

I never knew the word "e" (eh) is plural. Are you also saying the "plural of respect" is only used by SWY or the "e" originated from them?

"e" is used in central yoruba, that much I know.

In Ekiti, I believe we use "in" as a replacement for "e".

"e" is not only used for respect, but for a group of people. example : e wa --> Shouting out to a group of children to come your way.

Ileke-IdI:

Mo fe j'oko - if addressing a guy
Mo fe j'obo - if addressing a girl

Se oti so fun iya ati baba e?

Ileke-IdI:

"e" is used in central yoruba, that much I know.

In Ekiti, I believe we use "in" as a replacement for "e".

"e" is not only used for respect, but for a group of people. example : e wa --> Shouting out to a group of children to come your way.

I couldn't think of an example but you're right! I guess this also means that I shouldn't be offended when an Ekiti youngin replaces the word "in" for "e" when talking to me:-)