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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Edopesin: 10:59am On May 18, 2020

I know about Omi and omiri (water)

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Yustash001(m): 11:25am On May 18, 2020

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Nobody: 11:48am On May 18, 2020

ceereelee:
English-palmwine
Igbo-paammi
yoruba- pami

Lies. Yoruba calls it emu

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Fidelismaria: 12:17pm On May 18, 2020

Wrong

They don't have the same sound

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by HrmOlolade(m): 12:26pm On May 18, 2020

Also Thread in ibo it is called Owu and Yoruba call it Owu as well

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by VickyRotex(f): 1:20pm On May 18, 2020

UndauntedYOCA:
Wow, this is good, however, the word for onions is borrowed from the Arabic word "basl/bsal/albasl/albasl/albasal". Hausa's borrowed it from the Arabs and I guess Yoruba's in turn did same.

When are they planning to return it? undecided

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Edopesin: 1:29pm On May 18, 2020

VickyRotex:
When are they planning to return it?

I don't understand you o lmao

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by VickyRotex(f): 1:32pm On May 18, 2020*

Edopesin:

I don't understand you o lmao

lol shebi if you borrow something, e mean sey you plan to return am abi? grin

The person I quoted said some words were "borrowed" from Arabic, so I was asking when will the words be returned. undecided

PS: before anyone quotes me, I know what "loanwords" mean.

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Tayeni(m): 1:33pm On May 18, 2020

I think there is a deep historical link between the two languages. Deeper than can be found between Yoruba language and Hausa.

Hausa words that appear in Yoruba were obviously borrowed when they came in contact.

But Yoruba words that share similar sounds with Igbo words are not of mere objects. Water and parts of the body are too intrinsic to a language to be borrowed.

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Edopesin: 2:01pm On May 18, 2020

Tayeni:
I think there is a deep historical link between the two languages. Deeper than can be found between Yoruba language and Hausa.

Hausa words that appear in Yoruba were obviously borrowed when they came in contact.

But Yoruba words that share similar sounds with Igbo words are not of mere objects. Water and parts of the body are too intrinsic to a language to be borrowed.

the historical link is more due to their trading together

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by UndauntedYOCA(f): 2:16pm On May 18, 2020

VickyRotex:
When are they planning to return it?

Lol, my bad "loanwords".
Whenever it pleases both Hausas and Yorubas.

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by UndauntedYOCA(f): 2:23pm On May 18, 2020

jidxin:
some of this words are borrowed from the hausa.. Eg rakumi and alubosa

Well, I did a little bit of Arabic from grade 6-8 and I'm more than certain 'albasa' is Arabic.
Almost every language has loanwords.
In French we have words comme 'parking, ski (faire du ski), weekend etc, that doesn't suffice to say the words are French.

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by VickyRotex(f): 2:30pm On May 18, 2020

UndauntedYOCA:
Lol, my bad "loanwords".
Whenever it pleases both Hausas and Yorubas.

lol no worries, just playing around cheesy

make we continue to dey use the words, no returning. grin

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Nobody: 2:34pm On May 18, 2020

ceereelee:
English-palmwine
Igbo-paammi
yoruba- pami

igbos call it nkwuocha or mmaya ocha ..say what you know

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by sureteeboy(m): 4:28pm On May 18, 2020

How about these two words
Kini - Yoruba
O gini - Igbo (I don't know if I got that right)
I think they both mean "what"?

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by ProfAmaben(m): 5:32pm On May 18, 2020

espn:
Nice write up...

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by YorubaLord: 5:45pm On May 18, 2020

Of course na dem Igbo pple wey dey copy copy Yoruba language as dem no get language. angry

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Tayeni(m): 7:14pm On May 18, 2020

Edopesin:
the historical link is more due to their trading together

IMO, it's deeper than trade. I think they both branched off from a common origin and evolved differently.

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Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Edopesin: 7:19pm On May 18, 2020

Tayeni:
IMO, it's deeper than trade. I think they both branched off from a common origin and evolved differently.

They're way more differences than similarities between the languages, if they had a common origin the reverse would be the case like the Auchi's, Esan, Ayogwiri and benins

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by PenSniper: 7:31pm On May 18, 2020

YungMillionaire:
No big deal. Yoruba, Igbo and Igala used to be the SAME language. In fact Igala still sounds exactly the same as Yoruba.

Tell us how.

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Tayeni(m): 8:07pm On May 18, 2020

Edopesin:
They're way more differences than similarities between the languages, if they had a common origin the reverse would be the case like the Auchi's, Esan, Ayogwiri and benins

The similarities can only point to one fact,; they are related more than people know generally or will care to admit.

My theory is that, the two languages split off earlier than those you mentioned hence the huge difference.

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by espn(m): 8:27pm On May 18, 2020

Starthemes:
This is just crazy

lol...

Re: 8 Igbo Words That Have The Same Sound And Meaning With Yoruba Words by Truthisit: 8:57pm On May 18, 2020

Iscoalarcon:
most of those names you mentioned were copied by Yorubas from Hausa especially Tatase, Atarugu and albasa you guys only modified them to suit your taste

And Hausa copied from the Arabs