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Re: How many languages are in your state? by AreaFada2: 4:33pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
somehow: The bolded is only partly correct. The Portuguese called it Beny by 1473. By 1553 when the British came they called it Benin-City, due to how organised, well-planned, well administered and clean the city was. Actually, it was coastal subjects in Delta who told the Portuguese that the overload/King of Ubini was in the interior. By the 1470s, the former tentative name Ubini had been replaced by Edo decades earlier. It was renamed Edo in 1440 by Oba Ewuare I to honour Edo, a brave executed servant who had saved his life as a prince because the tussle for the crown had turned deadly. Fact is Ubini or Ile-Ubini was never really accepted by Benin people as a name. It was a name outsiders called Igodomigodo. Today, Urhobo call Benin Aka, Igbo call it Idu, etc. Although both have known good historical reasons to refer to Benin as Aka and Idu but Benin/Edo people do not call themselves such. Yoruba even call it Ado. Idu was the founder of Edo/Benin nation. Igodomigodo was the real first name Edo/Benin called themselves. The Second self-given name (by Oba Ewuare I) was Edo. Ubini/Beny/Benin or whatever variations was NOT given to Igodo/Edo people by themselves and thus never used in Edo Language. There is no Ovbie Benin or Ovbie Bini. It is Ovbiedo. It was previously Ovbie Igodo. Since Benin became known worldwide as an Empire, for easy recognition sake, Benin is preferred, not Bini. None of the two is indigenous to Edo people anyway. There is actually nothing like Bini or Benin Language if you look at it in its purest form. It is Edo Language. Unu no z'Edo. Nothing like Unu no ze Bini or Unu no ze Benin. Over time, outsiders may find an easy way to describe a people, but the people do not call themselves such even though they tolerate or accept it for international diplomacy sake. Japanese call their country Nihon (sounds as Nippon) as Land of the Rising Sun. While the people are Nihonjin and the language is Nihongo. No matter how much we outsiders call the people Japanese or their country Japan, they remain who they call themselves. I hope this clarifies it better. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Kaypeeboss(m): 4:41pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
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Re: How many languages are in your state? by Ofunwa111: 4:54pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
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Re: How many languages are in your state? by easzypeaszy(m): 5:02pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Kalatium:u r not mature in ur response...why such words...I don't think I will like ppl like u am even angry I read dis bc u just spoil my day..if u r a lady u better go n change u don't have good manners |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Donaldomo(m): 5:15pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
How much of Edo do you know!? Most people from Edo North are actually from Edo too. Tribal wars, quest for freedom from the taxes of then Oba of Benin and other factors made majority of these peoples to migrate from Edo South to most of their present location. I am from Edo, I'm engrossed in the historical background of my people. There are also non Edos inside the state. For example, Igarra in Akoko-Edo of Edo North is from Kogi state. AreaFada2: 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Nobody: 5:25pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Vinnie2000: Go back to school because you are the one misrepresenting here. The guy on frontpage grouped it very correctly than this petty rubbish u are grouping. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by paul100(m): 5:43pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Vinnie2000:Anioma is made up of more than those 3 places.I am from ubulu Okiti,15mins to Issele-ukwu.Where are you from? |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Kalatium(m): 5:47pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Murrynmama:if I call this one ignorant now he will be angry. 1 Like |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by garfield1: 5:48pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
In cross river,we have three major languages with several ethnicities and dialects. Let me attempt an lga by lga classification... 1) akamkpa:majorly ekoi 2) abi: bahumono and agbo 3) akpabuyo) efik and efut. 4) biase) ekoi 5) boki: boki 6) cal municipality: efik and qua 7) cal south) efik and efut bekwarra: bekwarra. 9) obanliku; I dont know 10) obudu: bette, utugwang,alege and ubang 11) etung: I dont know 12) ogoja:mbube,bakor and ekajuk 13) obubra; mbembe,igbo,ekoi 14) yala: iyalla and ukelle.iyalla are a subtribe of idoma 15)ikom: I no sabi 16) odukpani; efik,qua and efut 17) yakurr: yako and agi 18) bakassi: efik and efut 1 Like |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Kalatium(m): 5:48pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
spiceadole:what is your problem with the north and hausa |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Kalatium(m): 5:49pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
totosucker:all the languages are there they just have different names. like gwari they are actually called gbagyi |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Kalatium(m): 5:51pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
so far I can see that the south are clueless about the north. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Vinnie2000(m): 5:56pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
paul100: I stayed in Asaba for 7months n d peeps re Aniocha Oshimili n from I understand from the Guys I stayed with, we have 3 Igbo-related tribes in Delta State....... Ndokwa (Kwale, Ashaka, Ogume areas, sb just told me Umutu n Obiaruku are part of it..) Ika (Agbor, Igbodo, Umunede, Abavo,etc..) While Anioma or Enuani (Idumudje-ugboko/uno, Issele-ukwu, Ogwuash-uwku, Asaba, Illah, Ibuza) Ur town/village should be amongst d last group.. I am grouping Dem like dis 4 proper understanding of readers.. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by EbiJUNIRO(m): 5:56pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Bayelsa •Ijaw •Epie •Ogbia |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by AreaFada2: 6:27pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Donaldomo:Simple answer : nobody knows everything. But books on. Benin history were being written in my presence write early teens. I read them even before publication. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by shiishiluper: 6:28pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Benue has: Tiv, Idoma, Igede, Itilo, Utonkon and few other. Minorities. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by mdpeace(m): 6:46pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Ahmed0336: boss, so nupe people day nasarawa, truly we learn new things everyday |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Sufferingboy(f): 7:07pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Vinnie2000:My Contribution. The Obi of Agbor(Dein) is only king to Ikas of agbor clan,other clans have their own kings. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by yom2(m): 7:09pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Kalatium:are u sure they are all distinct languages or some are dialects cos some times people mix these two up |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Seebrian(m): 7:18pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Taraba state has the highest different tribes in Nigeria. close to three hundred tribes. With Jukun tribes the dominant. From Wapan, kuteb, ichen, Bachama, kpanzo, Kona, etc. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Ahmed0336(m): 7:33pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
mdpeace:Dem dey o. Even in the state capital the have Angwan Nupawa |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by mdpeace(m): 7:37pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Ahmed0336:wow, but are they indigenes or work brought them from Niger, kwara and kogi? |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by somehow: 7:38pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
AreaFada2: So the original name is Igodomigodo and outsiders came to give us a name which we gladly accepted? Africans! Who did this to us? |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by somehow: 7:44pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Daum: There are other people within the state called Edo, so you can't say Edo language knowing fully well that there are more than one language in Edo state IMHO. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by lordfalcao(m): 8:03pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Albert0011:albertoooo |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by dammypat(f): 8:09pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Sammy07: So na Yoruba all those, Akoko with different dialects(a form of language), Owo, Ondo, Akure,Idanre e.t.c in Ondo State dey speak abi? People who speak pure Yoruba are the Oyo,Osun, even some part of these states I mentioned have their dialect(a form of language) e.g Ife dialect sounds like Akure or Ekiti dialect Guy language plenty for Ondo state o, I am from one of the town in Akoko and we are well known for diverse language in that part of Ondo state Yoruba is just a general language for we the Yorubas. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by oyatainer(m): 8:14pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
NwaAmaikpe: |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by AreaFada2: 8:17pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
somehow:Well, today Nigeria means Niger Area. Niger is from Nigro meaning Black. Nigeria = Black Area. The British gave it to us. So no wonder even NEPA gives us blackness. Countries like Ghana changed from Gold Coast, Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, Dahomey sought permission of Oba of Benin to rename their country Republic of Benin. But Giant of Africa could not change from Niggar area. At least in Benin, there is Ivbiedo (plural for Edo people) or Edo that people call themselves. Nigeria has no such indigenous alternative. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by Oshokalo: 8:23pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
Edo has 17 languages,go ague with google |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by AreaFada2: 8:28pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
dammypat:Thank God you are pointing this out. If I did, they won't believe me. Some people nor know anything o. We have related languages in Edo and Delta that are same as some Ondo languages. I mean same, not just similar. But because people don't travel well or observe properly, they know very little. Or perhaps just blinded and deafened by tribalism that they cannot see or hear. You are correct, Ife Yoruba is even fairly closer to some Ondo dialects. 1 Like |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by BinamRex: 8:31pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
ijawcitizen: Take it from me, the languages are not related in any way. The tribes are not dialects of a larger ethnic group. |
Re: How many languages are in your state? by somehow: 8:36pm On Apr 17, 2021 |
AreaFada2: At least there was nothing like Nigeria before it was named unlike the Igodomigodo. |
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