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Am just wondering, the word “christmas“ will be spoken in virtually all the dialects in Nigeria. In my father-tongue Idoma,it is called “esimesi“ while in my mother-tongue yoruba it is called “kirisimasi“. How do you call it in your own native dialect(s)?

Op, it's called Keresimesi in yoruba(not kirisimasi)

k2039: Op, it's called Keresimesi in yoruba(not kirisimasi)

my maternal peeps have been soundin it to my ear since i was a kid. Little difference though, thanks.

We call it ekeresimesi in igbo language.

k2039: Op, it's called Keresimesi in yoruba(not kirisimasi)

True

ihebrooke: We call it ekeresimesi in igbo language.

sounds funny... [

It's called Ofala in Delta Ibo

In igbo EKERESIMESI OR OKORO SIBITE

Seems like its called keresimese in almost all tribes
Dats wat we call it in delta ibo too

Ekeresimesi ka ndi b'anyi n'kpo ya. Umuigbo ekene'm unu n'oge mme mme a nke ncheta omumu jeso kristi.

it's called XMAS in my local lingo

Odun Keresi in Yoruba

stjudas: Ekeresimesi ka ndi b'anyi n'kpo ya. Umuigbo ekene'm unu n'oge mme mme a nke ncheta omumu jeso kristi.

N'ndalu !!! Unu ji sie n'ike. Mgbe owu ka igha weta akpa rice nkem? Or ichori me'm chandom /?

krisimati

Kérésìmesì yi ma de o eyin eniyan, eyo, eyo e fijo sii eeeee....

Kérésìmesì(yoruba lang.)

Ojo Ibi Christi in YOruba

Keresimesi noni...

Azubreezy: It's called Ofala in Delta Ibo

ogorwyne: Seems like its called keresimese in almost all tribes
Dats wat we call it in delta ibo too

which one be delta ibo?,no be Igbo?..smh

This op's joblessness is epic!

Ukapari-isua..in IBIBIO.

In German language its Frohe Weihnachten

Leboku in yakurr language cross river state

In czech,it is called mдамра шрюрдj

Egwu Beke

In english its merry christmas!

Okeresimesi

Sa prétendue Noël

it is called ''OWA DECeMBER'' thatz iin igbo

its called alali in kalabari language of rivers state

k2039: Op, it's called Keresimesi in yoruba(not kirisimasi)

looto ni owi, keresìmesì ni ní ìlè wà. And father chrismas is called "baba keresi"