The Egun have their own distinct language though most Yoruba

Have you watched Egun news(Lin-lin) on LTV before? I bet no one understands what they are trying to say.

the egu are not yoruba, but the aworis are.

I forgot to say of the Eguns. . .

Badagry (Agbadaigi) and all the way to Cotonou in Republic of Benin was the land of the Egun. Due to inter tribal wars, the Fon, Egun, Ewe and some other neighboring tribes were conquered by Oyo and were made to pay tax and homage to Alaafin. Under the Imperial power of Oyo the Eguns were guaranteed security under Yoruba sovereignty and this is how they became Yoruba citizens even though their Nationality is not Yoruba.

To clarify, consider an Irish American whose great great grandfather migrated to USA in the 1800s. That person is considered a citizen of America but on census form they will be counted as White of European ancestry or Nationality.

Ok, now I understand. So they were more like POW's?.

Even though they consider themselves non Yoruba, does the Yoruba consider them as an ally or as one of the sons of Yoruba in this modern time

Nimrod is said to be the founder and king of the first empire after the Flood

One of the things that is very consistent in the History of Yoruba people and family nations has been that[b] King Lamurudu was a powerful hunter[/b] who had several children and one of them, Odua or Oduduwa the last child, became the founding ancestor of the Yoruba people and family nations.

8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

Wow
so Yorubas are generally descendants of Arabs from what you say.
One learns something new everyday.
Davidylan should  stop attacking Palestinians since they're his brothers

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Ok, now I understand. So they were more like POW's?.


No.  They were not POWs.  The POWs on both sides became slaves if they were commoners but exchanged on negotiated terms if they were of titled positions.  Their land became colony or annex seats of military frontier like a garrison to guarantee their security against other empires like Songhay. 

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Even though they consider themselves non Yoruba, does the Yoruba consider them as an ally or as one of the sons of Yoruba in this modern time


In this modern time Oyo Empire is no longer in existence but the Yoruba Nation is still integral with its seven states.  Anyone that cannot trace their ancestry back to one of these states is not of Yoruba tribe or nationality but can claim Yoruba citizenship on account of the accord made between Oyo and their indigene land.  I should emphasize that Alaafin deposed some of these Kings and installed a Yoruba son as King over them.  In those lands, it may be hard to distinguish who is Yoruba and who is not although the descendants of the Yoruba King and other helpers that migrated along with him may now be speaking Egun and unknowingly disclaiming Yoruba.  Add to that the multi cutural marriages and offsprings and the Yoruba blood is greatly diluted.  Nonetheless, at the higher hierarchy of society, allegiance to Yoruba is still present and very strong.  This will be visible when either Alaafin of Oyo or Ooni of Ife dies and these former colonies send emissaries to pay homage as was done in thos ancient times. 

MAY ALAAFIN LIVE LONG, MAY THE CROWN SUSTAIN, MAY HIS FOOT JEWELS SUSTAIN.

MAY OONI LIVE LONG, MAY THE CROWN OF ODUDUWA SUSTAIN, MAY HIS FOOT JEWELS SUSTAIN, MAY THE ANCESTORS STAND BY HIM.

Aloy,

Another great example of conquest and mixed origin is in Epetedo area of Lagos Island.  I don't know, are you familiar with Island and the metro area?

Did you knw about the story of Nimrod? How did you compare the name Nimrod to Lamurudu
How would you pronounce Nimrod in Yoruba? SOmething close to Lamurudu right

For example, in Yoruba, "li" or "ni" can interchange. Some Yoruba ethnic can say "ni ana" or "li ana" which means "as of yesterday." "Ni oni" or "li oni" which means "as of today." For the sake of euphony, both phrases become "lana" and "loni" respectively. Now, let us apply the same to Nimrod, Nam'Ur-ud and the father of O'dua -- Lamurudu.

First, take out all vowels in each name. Nimrod will become NMRD, Nam'Ur-ud will become NMRD. For the sake of euphony, replace the "L" in Lamurudu with N and you have NMRD. Lamurudu was the beginning of ena; the inversion or change of letters, words, syllables or sentences in order that the sense is disguised. Lamurudu is thus concealed.

It has now become an instinctual response for the Yoruba to trigger the "u" sense upon contact with Arabic names, which have their root in Aramaic, the language of the Canaanites. Ask yourself this question: How did the Greek come to have the "Staff of Orion" and the Yoruba also have the "Opa Oranyan?" Orion and Oranyan are the same but utter confusion

The fact is that they all speak variation of the same language but they view themselves as indivuals states e.g Ijasha, Ekiti, Igbajo, Oyo, Egba etc.

Now in this age, they have all been brought together under te same umbrella of Yorubas

Is it true it was arabs/Muslims that coined the name Yoruba ?

The ancient Yoruba sphere of influence bordered in the north with the Gwarris, [b]the Idomas [/b]and come around in circle to the Igbos in the East and down to the Kalabris and the Ishons in the South.