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What Do You Call These In Your Local Dialect by UncleAyo: 2:42am On Oct 24, 2023
Let's see how close our languages are..


God
Thunder
Stone
Water
Mother
Father
Sun
Moon
Head
Rain
Light
Lord
Rock
Human
House
Man
Woman
Goat
Cockerel

In Yoruba
God == Orisa / Olorun
Thunder == Ara
Stone == Okuta
Water == Omi
Mother == Iya / Yeye / Mama
Father == Baba
Sun == Oorun
Moon == Osupa
Head == Ori
Light == Imole
Lord == Oluwa
Rock == Apata
Human == Eniyan
House == Ile
Man == Okunrin
Woman == Obinrin
Goat == Ewure
Cockerel == Akuko
Re: What Do You Call These In Your Local Dialect by Dottore: 3:13am On Oct 24, 2023
[quote author=UncleAyo post=126579452]Let's see how close our languages are..


God - Chukwu
Thunder - Egbe Igwe
Stone - Okwute
Water - Mmiri
Mother - Nne
Father - Nna
Sun - Anyanwu
Moon - Onwa
Head - Isi
Rain - Mmiri Ozizo
Light - Ihe
Lord - Nna Ukwu
Rock - Mkpume/Nnukwu Mkpume
Human - Mmadu
House - Uno
Man - Nwoke
Woman - Nwanyi

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Re: What Do You Call These In Your Local Dialect by UncleAyo: 6:55am On Oct 24, 2023
[quote author=Dottore post=126579513][/quote]

What language? Igbo?

In your language, stone is Okwute but we call it okuta in Yoruba
Re: What Do You Call These In Your Local Dialect by PythonTutorial2(m): 7:17am On Oct 24, 2023
I'm Yoruba. I agree with you 👍
Re: What Do You Call These In Your Local Dialect by scholes0(m): 11:40am On Oct 24, 2023
Also in Yoruba

God - Orisha
Thunder - Apaara
Stone - Oko
Water - Omi
Mother - Iye
Father - Ọba
Sun - Orunrun
Moon - Oshu
Head - Eriwo (Eri)
Rain - Eji
Light - Itanna
Lord - Olu
Rock - Ọta
Human - Ọni
House - Ile
Man - Ọkonrin
Woman - Obinrin
Goat - Ikeregbe
Cockerel - Akuko

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