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The Ikwerre and Edo languages share some similarities due to historical connections, with Ikwerre traditions tracing it’s migration from the ancient Benin Empire (where Edo is spoken), leading to a noticeable lexical overlap, particularly in basic vocabulary and cultural terms; however, while related, they are distinct languages with their own unique grammatical structures.

A few list of Ikwerre and Edo Language Similarities cut across its various dialects of the both languages.

𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 ——-—- 𝐈𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞 ————-- 𝐄𝐝𝐨

𝖩𝖺𝗐 —————— 𝖠𝖻𝗇𝖺 —————-- 𝖠𝗀𝖻𝖺

𝖦𝗈𝗈𝖽 ———-—— 𝖮𝗆𝖺 —————— 𝖮𝗆𝖺

𝖶𝖺𝗋 —————— 𝖮𝗀𝗇𝗎 —————— 𝖮𝗀𝗎𝗇

𝖣𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 ————— 𝖤𝗋𝗂-𝖨𝗄𝗎 —————— 𝖨𝗄𝗎-𝗇𝖾𝖽𝖾

𝖬𝖾 ——————— 𝖬𝖾𝗁 —————— 𝖬𝖾𝗁

𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗆 —————— 𝖵𝗁𝖾 —————— 𝖵𝗁𝖾𝗏𝗁𝖾

𝖳𝗈 𝖠𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾 ——-—— 𝖨𝗄𝗐𝖾 —————— 𝖨𝗄𝗎𝖾

𝖣𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄 —————— 𝖶𝗇𝗈 —————— 𝖶𝗈𝗇

𝖫𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 ——-—- 𝖠𝗐𝗎𝗋𝗎 ————— 𝖠𝗐𝗎𝗅𝗎

𝖣𝗈𝗀 —————— 𝖶𝗈𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖺 —————— 𝖤𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖺

𝖧𝖾-𝖦𝗈𝖺𝗍 ————— 𝖮𝗐𝗎 —————— 𝖮𝗐𝗎𝗄𝗈

𝖣𝗂𝖾 —————-—— 𝖶𝗎 ——————— 𝖶𝗎

𝖪𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾 —————— Eleke —————— Ebeke

𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗇 ————-—— 𝖮𝗄𝗉𝖺 ————-—— 𝖮𝗄𝖺

𝖳𝗈 𝖾𝖺𝗍 —————— 𝖱𝗋𝗂𝖾 ———-——— 𝖱𝗋𝗂𝖾

𝖥𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 —————— 𝖨𝗀𝖻𝗈 ————-—— 𝖤𝗀𝖻𝗈

𝖱𝗈𝗉𝖾 ————-—— 𝖤𝗋𝗋𝗂 —————--— 𝖨𝗋𝗋𝗂

𝖬𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗋 —————— 𝖮𝖽𝗈 —————— 𝖮𝖽𝗈

𝖢𝗈𝗆𝖾 ————-—— 𝖵𝖺𝖺 —————— 𝖵𝖺𝗋𝖾

𝖦𝗈 ————-——— 𝖫𝖺 ————-——— 𝖫𝖺

𝖥𝖺𝗅𝗅 ——————— 𝖣𝗇𝖺 ——————— 𝖣𝖺

𝖲𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾 —————— 𝖮𝗄𝖾𝗆𝖺 —————— 𝖮𝗄𝖾𝗆𝗂

𝖲𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗍𝖼𝗁 —————— 𝖣𝗈 ——————— 𝖣𝗈

𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅 ——————— 𝖦𝗁𝖺 ——————— 𝖦𝗁𝖺

𝖥𝗈𝗋 ——————-— 𝖭𝗂 ———————— 𝖭𝗂

𝖧𝖺𝗏𝖾 ———-——— 𝗆𝗐𝖾𝗆 —————— 𝗆𝗐𝖾𝗇

𝖫𝗂𝗈𝗇 ————-—— 𝖮𝖽𝗎𝗆 —————— 𝖮𝖽𝗎𝗆𝖺

𝖤𝗅𝖾𝗉𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗍 ————-— 𝖤𝗇𝗂 ——————— 𝖤𝗇𝗂

𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 —————— 𝖠𝗀𝖺𝖽𝖺 ——————— 𝖠𝗀𝖺

𝖯𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 ————-—— 𝖮𝗇𝗀𝖻𝖺 —————— 𝖮𝗄𝗉𝖺𝗇

𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗅 ———-—-—— 𝖤𝗁𝗇𝗂𝗇𝖾 —————— 𝖤𝗁𝗂

𝖬𝖺𝗌𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾 ———— 𝖤𝗄𝗉𝗈 ——————— 𝖤𝗄𝗉𝗈

𝖥𝗈𝗐𝗅 ————-—-— 𝖮𝗄𝗁𝗎𝗄𝗎 —————— 𝖮𝗄𝗁𝗈𝗄𝗈

𝖦𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗅𝗎𝖼𝗄 ———— 𝖱𝗎𝗁𝗎𝗈𝗆𝖺 ————— 𝖴𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗈𝗆𝖺

𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 ————— 𝖮𝗆𝗎 ——————— 𝖮𝗆𝗈

𝖲𝗎𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾 ————— 𝖠𝖽𝖺𝗁 ——————-- 𝖠𝖽𝖺

𝖠𝖿𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 ———-— 𝖨𝗌𝖾 ———————- 𝖨𝗌𝖾

𝖠𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗅 —————— 𝖨𝗒𝖺𝗅𝖾 ————-—— 𝖨𝗒𝖺𝗋𝖾

𝖠𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗅 ———-— 𝖮𝗐𝗁𝗈 —————— 𝖴𝗄𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖾-𝖮𝗁𝗈
𝖲𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿

𝖬𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗒 —————— 𝖨𝗐𝖺𝗂 ——————— 𝖨𝗀𝗁𝗈

𝖤𝖺𝗌𝗍 ————-—-— 𝖤𝗄𝗇𝖾 —————-—— 𝖤𝗄𝖾𝗇

𝖶𝖾𝗌𝗍 —————-— 𝖴𝗋𝗂𝖾 —————-—— 𝖮𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾

𝖭𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗁 —————— 𝖭𝗄𝗎𝗈 ——————— 𝖮𝗄𝗎𝗈

𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 —————— 𝖠𝗐𝗁𝗎 ——————— 𝖠𝗁𝗈

Note: The translations of: East, West, North and South are also known as “The 4 (four) market days culture” in both Benin and Ikwerre Land.

Photo: Ikwerre Nation with their flag at the Palace of the Oba of Benin to strengthen their close affinity and relationship with their ancestral home.

Iwhuruohna Kalam Anu Meka 💯✅🎈

Most of these words are same with igbo

What's the meaning of Ikwerre in Benin?

mariovito:
Most of these words are same with igbo

No mind the OP, he says Edo language as if only one language is spoken in Edo,
Instead of him to say Benin language.

Some of this words from edo are from Yoruba

mariovito:
Most of these words are same with igbo

Igbo’s are a nomadic tribe who had contact with Ikwerre and lived among them via trading and as a result Igbo’s borrowed some of these Ancient Benin words from the Ikwerres.

Ikwerre have no history of migration to or from Igbo land. Don’t forget even till date It is the igbos you find migrating to other ethnic regions that is why you see Igbo’s sharing some similar cultural attires and words with all their neighbors like Igala, Ikwerre, Ibibio, Idoma & Ika.

Darren95:
The Ikwerre and Edo languages share some similarities due to historical connections, with Ikwerre traditions tracing it’s migration from the ancient Benin Empire (where Edo is spoken), leading to a noticeable lexical overlap, particularly in basic vocabulary and cultural terms; however, while related, they are distinct languages with their own unique grammatical structures.

A few list of Ikwerre and Edo Language Similarities cut across its various dialects of the both languages.

𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 ——-—- 𝐈𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞 ————-- 𝐄𝐝𝐨

𝖩𝖺𝗐 —————— 𝖠𝖻𝗇𝖺 —————-- 𝖠𝗀𝖻𝖺

𝖦𝗈𝗈𝖽 ———-—— 𝖮𝗆𝖺 —————— 𝖮𝗆𝖺

𝖶𝖺𝗋 —————— 𝖮𝗀𝗇𝗎 —————— 𝖮𝗀𝗎𝗇

𝖣𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 ————— 𝖤𝗋𝗂-𝖨𝗄𝗎 —————— 𝖨𝗄𝗎-𝗇𝖾𝖽𝖾

𝖬𝖾 ——————— 𝖬𝖾𝗁 —————— 𝖬𝖾𝗁

𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗆 —————— 𝖵𝗁𝖾 —————— 𝖵𝗁𝖾𝗏𝗁𝖾

𝖳𝗈 𝖠𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾 ——-—— 𝖨𝗄𝗐𝖾 —————— 𝖨𝗄𝗎𝖾

𝖣𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄 —————— 𝖶𝗇𝗈 —————— 𝖶𝗈𝗇

𝖫𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 ——-—- 𝖠𝗐𝗎𝗋𝗎 ————— 𝖠𝗐𝗎𝗅𝗎

𝖣𝗈𝗀 —————— 𝖶𝗈𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖺 —————— 𝖤𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖺

𝖧𝖾-𝖦𝗈𝖺𝗍 ————— 𝖮𝗐𝗎 —————— 𝖮𝗐𝗎𝗄𝗈

𝖣𝗂𝖾 —————-—— 𝖶𝗎 ——————— 𝖶𝗎

𝖪𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾 —————— Eleke —————— Ebeke

𝖢𝗈𝗋𝗇 ————-—— 𝖮𝗄𝗉𝖺 ————-—— 𝖮𝗄𝖺

𝖳𝗈 𝖾𝖺𝗍 —————— 𝖱𝗋𝗂𝖾 ———-——— 𝖱𝗋𝗂𝖾

𝖥𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 —————— 𝖨𝗀𝖻𝗈 ————-—— 𝖤𝗀𝖻𝗈

𝖱𝗈𝗉𝖾 ————-—— 𝖤𝗋𝗋𝗂 —————--— 𝖨𝗋𝗋𝗂

𝖬𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗋 —————— 𝖮𝖽𝗈 —————— 𝖮𝖽𝗈

𝖢𝗈𝗆𝖾 ————-—— 𝖵𝖺𝖺 —————— 𝖵𝖺𝗋𝖾

𝖦𝗈 ————-——— 𝖫𝖺 ————-——— 𝖫𝖺

𝖥𝖺𝗅𝗅 ——————— 𝖣𝗇𝖺 ——————— 𝖣𝖺

𝖲𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾 —————— 𝖮𝗄𝖾𝗆𝖺 —————— 𝖮𝗄𝖾𝗆𝗂

𝖲𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗍𝖼𝗁 —————— 𝖣𝗈 ——————— 𝖣𝗈

𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅 ——————— 𝖦𝗁𝖺 ——————— 𝖦𝗁𝖺

𝖥𝗈𝗋 ——————-— 𝖭𝗂 ———————— 𝖭𝗂

𝖧𝖺𝗏𝖾 ———-——— 𝗆𝗐𝖾𝗆 —————— 𝗆𝗐𝖾𝗇

𝖫𝗂𝗈𝗇 ————-—— 𝖮𝖽𝗎𝗆 —————— 𝖮𝖽𝗎𝗆𝖺

𝖤𝗅𝖾𝗉𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗍 ————-— 𝖤𝗇𝗂 ——————— 𝖤𝗇𝗂

𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 —————— 𝖠𝗀𝖺𝖽𝖺 ——————— 𝖠𝗀𝖺

𝖯𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 ————-—— 𝖮𝗇𝗀𝖻𝖺 —————— 𝖮𝗄𝗉𝖺𝗇

𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗅 ———-—-—— 𝖤𝗁𝗇𝗂𝗇𝖾 —————— 𝖤𝗁𝗂

𝖬𝖺𝗌𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾 ———— 𝖤𝗄𝗉𝗈 ——————— 𝖤𝗄𝗉𝗈

𝖥𝗈𝗐𝗅 ————-—-— 𝖮𝗄𝗁𝗎𝗄𝗎 —————— 𝖮𝗄𝗁𝗈𝗄𝗈

𝖦𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗅𝗎𝖼𝗄 ———— 𝖱𝗎𝗁𝗎𝗈𝗆𝖺 ————— 𝖴𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗈𝗆𝖺

𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 ————— 𝖮𝗆𝗎 ——————— 𝖮𝗆𝗈

𝖲𝗎𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾 ————— 𝖠𝖽𝖺𝗁 ——————-- 𝖠𝖽𝖺

𝖠𝖿𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 ———-— 𝖨𝗌𝖾 ———————- 𝖨𝗌𝖾

𝖠𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗅 —————— 𝖨𝗒𝖺𝗅𝖾 ————-—— 𝖨𝗒𝖺𝗋𝖾

𝖠𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗅 ———-— 𝖮𝗐𝗁𝗈 —————— 𝖴𝗄𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖾-𝖮𝗁𝗈
𝖲𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿

𝖬𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗒 —————— 𝖨𝗐𝖺𝗂 ——————— 𝖨𝗀𝗁𝗈

𝖤𝖺𝗌𝗍 ————-—-— 𝖤𝗄𝗇𝖾 —————-—— 𝖤𝗄𝖾𝗇

𝖶𝖾𝗌𝗍 —————-— 𝖴𝗋𝗂𝖾 —————-—— 𝖮𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾

𝖭𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗁 —————— 𝖭𝗄𝗎𝗈 ——————— 𝖮𝗄𝗎𝗈

𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 —————— 𝖠𝗐𝗁𝗎 ——————— 𝖠𝗁𝗈

Note: The translation of: East, West, North and South are also known as “The 4 (four) market days culture” in both Benin and Ikwerre Land.

Photo: Ikwerre Nation with their flag at the Palace of the Oba of Benin to strengthen their close affinity and relationship with their ancestral home.

Iwhuruohna Kalam Anu Meka 💯✅🎈

Maybe you're the only one who doesn't know that Exo have Igbo too.

You shouldn't be surprised.

Darren95:
Igbo’s are a nomadic tribe who had contact with Ikwerre and lived among them via trading and inter-marriage, and as a result Igbo’s borrowed some of these Ancient Benin words from the Ikwerres.

Ikwerre has no history of migration to or from Igbo land. Don’t forget even till date It is the igbos you find migrating to other ethnic regions that is why you see Igbo’s sharing some similar cultural attires and words with all their neighbors like Igala, Ikwerre, Ibibio, Idoma & Ika.

Stop this delusional lies of yours.

That means edo and yoruba have something in common?

Daddyk87:
Some of this words from edo are from Yoruba

I use to have this feeling that yoruba, edo and urhobo have some relationship together!

Love800:
I use to have this feeling that yoruba, edo and urhobo have some relationship together!

Edo and Yoruba are kith and kin

It is even said that Yoruba came out from Bini

I do not know of Urhobo but itsekiri I am very sure of

Darren95:
Igbo’s are a nomadic tribe who had contact with Ikwerre and lived among them via trading and as a result Igbo’s borrowed some of these Ancient Benin words from the Ikwerres.

Ikwerre have no history of migration to or from Igbo land. Don’t forget even till date It is the igbos you find migrating to other ethnic regions that is why you see Igbo’s sharing some similar cultural attires and words with all their neighbors like Igala, Ikwerre, Ibibio, Idoma & Ika.

I do not agree with this

Exactly. My mind keep telling me this. There are some local government areas inside edo that speak yoruba as their language. Urhobo too has community inside edo. These three guys share something in common. Even itsekiri too!

mariovito:
Edo and Yoruba are kith and kin

It is even said that Yoruba came out from Bini

I do not know of Urhobo but itsekiri I am very sure of

Wow!

Great.

I sense that tribes in nigeria came from or originated from another certain tribe!

Tankz so much.

mariovito:
Edo and Yoruba are kith and kin

It is even said that Yoruba came out from Bini

I do not know of Urhobo but itsekiri I am very sure of