OROSUNBOLB:

kn23h:

Who is us? Je ki n mo ki n to da e lohun daaaaada.

Deedeedee3:

Itshekiris are not Yoruba. They have given themselves another identity. Please dont bring insult to us. Let itshekiri stay on their own.
We need them not!

YungMillionaire:

Yes o! Anyone who thinks I will deny my Yoruba heritage must be smoking something. Some of the denial is politics. I have lived to long in Europe to give a fvck about politics. My grandpa's father told him a our ancestors migrated from present day Ogun State. That's why I will be visiting that state when I next visit Naija. I am an Itshekiri from Delta State but that will NEVER make me deny my Yoruba ancestors God forbid

Deedeedee3:

If i may ask, why do you want to learn itshekiri language?

AkinPhysicist:


Its more complicated than that but I agree. Itshekiris are now a distinct group.

Efewestern:


I don't understand itsekiri o, but if you want to know some urhobo words that's similar to itseke I can help you out.



Ésété (plate) in urhobo it's o'sete same meaning, Ukujéré (spoon) same in urhobo , uda (sword/cutlass) in urhobo it's oda which means cutlass .

simply put, itsekiri is a mixture of Yoruba and urhobo /edo, although 70% of the language are Yoruba words.

OAUTemitayo:
Am inquisitive a lot.
Moreover I have a big project I want to do in the nearest future. Knowledge of Itsekiri will be an added advantage

AkinPhysicist:

YungMill omo Ijebu ni o! O sha mo?

Deedeedee3:

I mean Yoruba as a whole.

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


let's begin

Deedeedee3:

This is what every Yoruba must accept. Itshekiris dont see themselves as Yorubas. Infavt some dont like us. They will only claim Yoruba when they have quarrel with other Niger-delta tribes.
Let them stay on their own jor

kn23h:


So you're Yoruba? O lucky gan o. I gotz one hot reply for you, but mo ti delete e.

Deedeedee3:

Hahaha! Bro i am omoluabi ooo. Just that i dont want Yorubas to be ridiculed by the minority south like the way they do to the Igbos for always attaching them in Biafra map.
Yoruba are far more special than that.

kn23h:

Se ibi bayi lo ye ko ma ko gbogbo eleyi? Are you the one to decide on who is/isn't Yoruba? At the end of the day, if they decide to come with Yorubas, what's the worst that could happen? Itshekiris are preferable to the chestbeating foreigners we currently have on Yoruba soil.

AkinPhysicist:


I actually think the Itshekiris will be better off with Ijaws, Urhobos and Bini. Just my opinion. I have no problem with them joining us but I think they will do well in a well structured Niger-Delta Republic. And I think we should support their interest in their new country. Because, even though many of them are in denial we share the same blood line with a vast majority of them.

YungMillionaire:


I actually think the Itshekiris will be better off with Ijaws, Urhobos and Bini. Just my opinion. I have no problem with them joining us but I think they will do well in a well structured Niger-Delta Republic.

kn23h:


I agree.
Sugbon ti awon Itshekiri so pe won fe join Yorubaland, kini a fe so?

kn23h:

I agree.
Sugbon ti awon Itshekiri so pe won fe join Yorubaland, kini a fe so?

Deedeedee3:

To be sincere with you bro, ko ni da ti won ba join wa. They have given themselves another identity. There is simply no way they wont complain of being marginalized. This might hinder is from progressing. Besides, not all of them are directly from Yoruba; some descend from benin people. That will not be good for the new nation you know.

FisifunKododada:


Not a good idea. When we leave Nigeria, we have to leave cleanly. No room for efulefu-ism.

Naijareward:


Thats why we are not one Nigeria.....

Why cant we foucus on one language if we are one. Lets Dump English and use one native language...

onuwaje:


what part of Yoruba is this

cos i know the number 1 as Okan

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

Deedeedee3:

Itshekiris are not Yoruba. They have given themselves another identity. Please dont bring insult to us. Let itshekiri stay on their own.
We need them not!

AreaFada2:


Chai! Waje, thanks for this thread.

I see Yoruba & Edoid languages (Benin/Urhobo/Isoko/Esan, etc) blended nicely.

Kokodia is an ancient Benin name for Coconut, a term only used by elderly people or babalawo now.

By the way Itsekiri closely resembles dialects spoken in some parts Ovia LGAs in Edo State: Usen, Egbeta, Ogbese, etc.

Ereolamide:
Can you guys stop talking politics, let's celebrate our brothers from the other side of the divide, the itshekiri tribe has shown us the extent and influence of the Yoruba race,we even have Yorubas in benin, Togo and Ghana, are they lesser Yoruba if they are given other identity by the whites or other africans, even the Yoruba tag is an identity that separates us from a larger pool of homogeneous people.

Another tribe in Nigeria similar to Yoruba after itsekiri is Igala.

Ereolamide:
Can you guys stop talking politics, let's celebrate our brothers from the other side of the divide, the itshekiri tribe has shown us the extent and influence of the Yoruba race,we even have Yorubas in benin, Togo and Ghana, are they lesser Yoruba if they are given other identity by the whites or other africans, even the Yoruba tag is an identity that separates us from a larger pool of homogeneous people.

Another tribe in Nigeria similar to Yoruba after itsekiri is Igala.