cbrass:


It's a lie Yoruba can't be related to Ijaws. Godforbids

BlaqCoffee109:
..eroso, tsikale etc

stevecantrell:


What did they do to you ?

You are both Sudanic peoples (Nubians), speaking Sudanic languages. Ever wondered why you guys have similar complexion with the south Sundanese ? Lol !

Oildichotomy:
Itsekiri--&---- Portuguese
What's the correlation?

Blackman and the white domination.

Portuguese appear on our local pidgin English but for Itsekiri... I have no idea
Can anybody help with the so-called Portuguese- Itsekiri words please?

Oildichotomy:
Really? What do they mean in portuguese?

BlaqCoffee109:
...have the Britons always been British? Have England not evolved to be shaped into the defined entity they are now?

BlaqCoffee109:
..one is rice, the other is sit down

cbrass:


Istekiri king was participated actively in slave trade just like oba of Lagos then so he must have learnt Portuguese to be able to communicate Well with those guys

BlaqCoffee109:
..Don 't get on a public forum to misinform people and talk of what you know nothing about..ever heard of Nana of Itsekiri? Please go get yourself informed

BlaqCoffee109:
..one is rice, the other is sit down

omonnakoda:
But you find that when nations trade with each other or in boundary areas betwen nations . It does not mean they are related. The Europeans also borrowed some words from different parts of the world.

The rice one is interesting e.g in Spanish it is arroz Yoruba say Iresi but we woud never say we are half Portuguese.
Portuguese just came to trade and to say Itsekiri have Portuguuese ancestry is just ridiculous. No doubt they would have dropped a few bastards during their trips but does that amount to ANCESTRY?? Please!!

In the English dictionary you will find words like iroko,opepe,and even sapele which refers to a type of wood from Sapele. This just reflect things that traders did not have a word for. Ekiti people are closer to Benin and they have a few words in common.
There is no doubt that Itsekiri and Ijebu have the same roots from the structure and rhythm. There is another pocket of Yoruba speakers in Delta state. Unfortunately our people were not literate and we my never unravel the mystery

Obiagelli:

Interesting

BlaqCoffee109:
...erhm, i find myself educating you on some things what you should understand by now..how not to disrespect a people especially by your ignorance...i guess you haven 't been thought well and your insensitivity is appalling..

rman:


Sister,

You are the one that needs an education.

Your Portuguese ancestral linkage and examples given by you are ridiculous.

Obiagelli:

Is the olu of warri itsekiri? I have always wondered why OLU

cbrass:


The thing shock me sef

Ayus34:

Olu is also a yoruba name,olu means the head,look at ayo oritsejafor,the CAN president,oritjasafor means God didnt allow them to talk....ayo is the same ayo we bear in yoruba land which means joy and same meaning overthere aswell.so when u look at it this way,then u understand they ve things in common.....also from ondo state and i ve alot of itsekiri as friends coz they re closer to the river rine area of the state just like the arogbo ijaw in delta,so i ve interogated most of them very well,they also claim to be from yoruba tribe.
Thanks.

Ayus34:

Olu is also a yoruba name,olu means the head,look at ayo oritsejafor,the CAN president,oritjasafor means God didnt allow them to talk....ayo is the same ayo we bear in yoruba land which means joy and same meaning overthere aswell.so when u look at it this way,then u understand they ve things in common.....also from ondo state and i ve alot of itsekiri as friends coz they re closer to the river rine area of the state just like the arogbo ijaw in delta,so i ve interogated most of them very well,they also claim to be from yoruba tribe.
Thanks.

cbrass:


Did they say they were related to the Portuguese like some one here is claiming