₦airaland Forum

aribisala0:
The law was not issued from Abuja but enacted by the ELECTED REPRESENTAIVES of the good people of Lagos and will be signed by their GOOD GOVERNOR.



The Ram is tied to the stick wondering why they are boiling water. The chicken greets him saying Barka I hear say dem see moon yesterday.

You see am??

KemjikaEme:
First of all,i'm not against the fact that you want to preserve your language by making it a compulsory subject in schools.
I have asked very simple questions which a supposedly educated folk still can't answer.
Is this compulsion exclusively for Yoruba students or will it be an elective for non yorubas?
Will the rights of other migrants be protected/respected?
Does it feel appropriate if Yoruba students are forced to learn Efik in Calabar and Kirike language in Okrika rivers state being fully aware that some Yorubas have families in the aforementioned states?

KemjikaEme:
How many times will i write that you have every right to preserve your language in a democratic society without putting others under a compulsion to learn it. Haba! Comprehend, process the information and debate accordingly.

KemjikaEme:
[s]An enlightened society can preserve it's regional language without compelling non indigenes to learn it. It has never worked like that in any part of the world.
If the Hausa states in the North enforced this sort of law,everyone will be screaming Islamization by now but hypocrites are hailing this inappropriate law because it is directly aimed at disrespecting other ethnicities.
What is the fate of Yoruba students in the SE/SS region if Igbo, Efik, Ibibio and Kalabari languages are enforced in schools? Why do you intend in widening the gap as against conversing for unity?
I would appreciate intelligent answers to my questions instead of some lame comment about moving out which gives credence to the fact that you are a tribalist with no sense of decorum.[/s]

KemjikaEme:
[b]^^This is the problem with Nigeria.
[/b]Move back because the attempt to enforce your mother tongue on others is wrong and may be resisted? Why then are people screaming one Nigeria if the collective diversity of tongues of her citizens can't be respected in all regions and states of Nigeria?
Why do you make emphasis for others to study your language and threaten expulsion in a sane argument.

Jetleeee:
When potor contractors heard some parts of the US are underdeveloped

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KemjikaEme:
The ethnicites in my state are not under any compulsion to learn the language of the state. It is absurd to compel minorities to learn your language in schools. Is this compulsion applied solely to students of yoruba heritage or the entire students residing in Lagos?
Argue along rational lines like an educated person for pete's sake.

KemjikaEme:
If your language needs to be preserved then enforce the law on your children/students without intruding on the rights of other ethnicities. Some measure of respect should be accorded to diversity regardless.

KemjikaEme:
I have every right to dabble in an issue that will affect other ethnicities in Lagos.
In the same vein,you have all the right to practise your culture and promote your language without compelling non yorubas citizens to do so.

Jetleeee:

Jetleeee:

KemjikaEme:
I'm not yoruba,i'm merely describing the reality on ground. Lagos has become a big melting pot and Nigeria can never progress with the type of mentality on this thread. There is really no point deceiving ourselves.

sunsewa16:
it's a welcome development[b] but a right of a Nigerian not from Yoruba descent should be put in consideration[/b] since we are still one Nigeria with English our lingua franca,can be compulsory for Yoruba descents but making compulsory for non Yoruba will create chaos and Nnamdi kanu aims will come to reality.

Carlmax:
What is ass in yoruba?

Basic123:
A non yoruba attested to that

www.nairaland.com/2674858/yorubas-cornered-nigerias-ict-sector

KemjikaEme:
New york is a bad example here because New york has no official language. That is unlike Lagos were every ethnicity represented use English as a formal language.
Inspite of New york's diversity, English is used in most formal establishments and it is taught in schools irrespective of the student's background. Spanish may be compulsory or taught in few neighbourhoods like Harlem where Spanish speaking people dominate but there is no enforcement of any regional or indigenous language in schools where there is a melting pot of people rather those languages are left as electives or taught to students from a specific language group.
By making a language compulsory in the melting pot of Nigeria,you are indirectly alienating students from other backgrounds. If same law is passed in other regions of Nigeria,it wouldn't really be appealing.
The idea should be a uniform compulsory education in the 3 major languages of Nigeria,that is,if Nigeria is ready to compliment English with Nigeria's local languages in formal enviroment.
One thing that has helped America grow is the act of deriving strenght from their diversity. Here in Nigeria,we always emphasize selfish and supremacist tendency 'you must learn my language because Lagos is not your own'.
I understand that you resent igbos and quickly criticize any comment made by an igbo on this thread.

Shelloween:
nigga Hush....I bet your current gf doesn't even look half as beautiful as she is.

Moyinoluwa35:
buhari is a bastard

shukuokukobambi:
No be small chei!!

I remember when this idiot used to their Darling that they were quoting all the rubbish he was saying about Yoruba. Now he has remembered their eternal slaves and they're now crying

But I'm impressed with this thread o. We are on the 4th page and nobody has blamed Yoruba yet? Its like my people don dey reason logically now o. Miracles indeed do happen

On a final note, Junaid is a fool

pauljumbo:
Its getting serious

fratermathy:
Maybe the spelling is confusing you. The pronunciation is aarmeehbooor. So though it is spelt as Amevbo, it is pronounced as Amebo.

Let's not argue on who owns the word. It's not necessary. The Op's position is on how it became popular, not that the Urhobos have a patent to the word.

riczy:
In Yoruba its called "gba'boru'

oodualover:
Lols! Me sef i am confused oo. How did amewvo become amebo?
Can you imagine? It is like saying sango is not Yoruba word

Mujtahida:
I'm not Urhobo. I find the Op position plausible

Mujtahida:
An analogy to make you see that words have history. I am not yoruba. You are one so you tell me. The bottom line is that many words which you think are purely yoruba words are not. They were derived. I say this because that is how it is for all languages world wide and yoruba cannot be an exception.

Mujtahida:
You can never tell. Now check out this words and their etymology
Pundit (from the Indian pandit)
Tycoon (from the Japanese taikun for a rich and powerful ruler)
Guillotine(from the name of the French inventor of the guillotine, Joseph-ignace Guillotine)
Guru (from the sanskrit word guru for teacher, expert, guide)
Thug (from the Hindu word thag for a group of people who used great cunning in luring people to their death and stealing from them.)
Alkaline (from the Arabic word alkali)
Algebra(from the Arabic word Al - jabr)
Quisling(gotten from the name of Norwegian General Vidkun Quisling)
Silhouette(from the French finance minister Etienne Silhouette who imposed harsh economic policies leading to the invention of cheap method of making portraits)
Quiz (invented in the 1700's as a bet by Edward Darly to invent a nonsense word in 48 hours that would be known throughout Dublin).

So you just can never tell. The ethnic groups in Nigeria have lived in close proximity for centuries and cultural exchanges have taken place . Look at the word Ewu which means goat in igbo . Yorubas call it Ewure, my tribe Ewo.
Cc oduaalover

Mujtahida:
They are giving you the etymology of the word. Words too have history. They are born, they grow, they change and sometimes they die. So please give us the etymology of the word amebo in Yoruba

FuckTheZero:
Even Ikébé (buttocks) come from the Urhobo language.

And don't get me started with their slangs