₦airaland Forum

toseen7:
Average players too plenty for Arsenal

too much

EnaibeSam:
It is so annoying that you are in your home town and you can not speak you dialect. There is no Ibo either at home or away that cannot speak their dialect, same thing to the Hausa's. But for this my Urhobo, those at home speak pidgin and those in Diaspora speak foreign languages, especially those in Yoruba land. Many of them will even give their children Yoruba names without giving a single Urhobo name.

oga.. use Yoruba as an example not igbo.. I know many igbos who can't even greet in their dialect

darfay:
@ op isokos do not speak urhobo period!!!

many isokos speaks and understand urhobo perfectly

dragonking2:
This video is wonderful. Our language cannot die but I will suggest that we marry our own ladies and speak to the language to our children. The language is tough so children need to understand it while growing up if not, OYO is it. Also, we shouldn't make jest of others for not speaking the language rather we should encourage them to attend clan meetings or associations. Thats how the language will survive. Alot of us marry outside the tribe. I have several brothers and sisters married to igbos and yorubas. Who do you blame it children end up not speaking the language?
I am happy that atleast you bring up things like this. Thank you for this and God bless you...How I wish there are Urhobo and isoko videos were people can learn the language especially the basic parts. Abeg if you stumble on such videos please post them.
God bless delta State
God bless nigerdelta region.

PS: Thank you Chelsea. Oya Arsenal don't f up o.. ..over to watch the next match.

it's not about marrying our own tribe o.
I'm 100% Urhobo but can't speak

darfay:
that is the simplest urhobo to the isoko people coz it's too close to our language

yeah.. I've noticed that

Arsenal abeg o

younglawya:
i wasnt even even included in the list of Uhrobo people on nairaland

you didn't even spell the name of our tribe well.

we're in trouble

Chelsea wicked o

Jesus 2-2

CHAMPIONS CONFIRM!

gooooal man city losing 2-1

man city equalize

penalty to man city

Suspect33:
Mark my words, chelsea will not win the EPL... Remember 2001

pls.. what really happened that year?

fineyemi2:
See how top 4 open for arsenal. Wenger no dulling. let's domolish spurs. I trust u

I trust wenger. he go disappoint

fineyemi2:
See how top 4 open for arsenal. Wenger no dulling. let's domolish spurs. I trust u

bottling kings na be Arsenal

I'm neutral on this one

oya o..Swansea

theatre of injuries

yes! after that 12-6 hammering. they need to respond

draw in coming

what if u use that question mark take cover am

fratermathy:
That's why I nor even bother put Agbarho sef. We speak their dialect as central Urhobo but their youths of today cannot even speak it!

I'm a victim

Agbarho should have been the best place to learn urhobo.. but pidgin don suck the town

Efewestern:
orogun doesn't speak ukuani as first language, only some part have some ukwuani words in there language, likewise ukwuani who also miss urhobo with there's.

that means the town is off the list

Evestar200:
Orogun people that speak Ukwuani as their first language?

they are bilingual

fratermathy:
You are very correct! Ughelli villages still speak Urhobo. However, Ughelli main town has been compromised as well. Although not yet as bad as Warri and Sapele.

Areas like Orogun, Agbarha, Ughievwen, Olomu, Evwreni, Uwherun and nearby areas can be relied upon for now.

Uwherun? those people dialect go hard for me to learn o..

Efewestern:
lolx.. no be our fault, years from now I doubt if there would be any village in urhobo again, with the way we are developing.

I prefer some villages in ughelle, those villages still speak urhobo well and if you speak pidgin they'd call you oyinbo

cc lalasticlala and seun do the needful.

like odorubu

fratermathy:
Uvwie is almost an extinct language! Okpe even fares better than Uvwie.

However, Uvwie's case is not as bad as Erhowa (Eruwa) in Isoko South. That dialect is basically extinct. Once the few persons from the colonial period who can speak Erhowa die, so does the dialect! Infact, Erhowa's case as been tagged as being almost irredeemable. The dialect is sandwiched between Ijaw and Isoko, with influences from other Urhobo dialects like Uwherun. The generation from the late colonial/early post colonial period can, at best, speak a highly diluted version of Erhowa. The younger generation only speak English and Pidgin!

most people from uvwie now speaks urhobo as their first language

fratermathy:
The most important thing is that you have identified the issue and you acknowledge that it bothers you. I'm sure you will pick up the language with time and dedication. Just try and watch Urhobo movies on YouTube if you have the data. Look for Okpetu Landlord and Okpetu Tenant to watch. The movies feature some normal Nigerian actors like Chinwetalu Agu, Bishop Ime, among others and Urhobo is spoken alongside English. There are others where only Urhobo is spoken -Oma is one. These movies are translated as well so they'll help you learn fast.

You can also complement your learning by watching Urhobo Cartoons, also on YouTube and watching or listening to Urhobo music. These things will help you pick up with time.

Just keep up the interest so that our generation can undo the problem that exists today. Urhobo is not inferior to any language! It is ours and ours alone! If we don't learn to love and speak it, who will do so for us?

I can also read and write it a little..
it's a working progress o

it really pains me that I can't speak fluently.. but I dey try in terms of understanding sha

YonkijiSappo:
lol, this is the real deal.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3847/33689014665_f7a051a90d_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2913/33304739380_27c51eda33_b.jpg

northerners dey go school

Efewestern:
the fault is actually from our parents, you can hardly seen an itsekiri youth that can't speak there language, are we not in the same warri together? , in fact itsekiri always name there children with there itsekiri language but that can't be said with urhobo, uvwie is the worst, hardly do you see someone speaking it, only the elders but I can hear very well but can't speak the dialect.

this is wat development cause, almost all of urhobo land is fast becoming town, from warri to orerokpe to abraka to agharo to sapele to ughelle etc so they think the only way out is to master pidgin and forget about our root.

cc: fratermathy

True oo.. Uvwie own na worst pass