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babzo:
Get my facts right? Lol. Bro, look in the mirror. Italians do not speak Latin. I studied Latin in school, Italian is not Latin.
Everything that has a beginning will have an end. EVERY language will die, either by being completely wiped out or metamorphosing into something unrecognizable from the way it was previously spoken.

King James version of the Bible was compiled in 1611.

Enjoy your evening young man.

English was being spoken long before KJV of the Bible was written.

It is not yet time for Yoruba to die. In fact, Yoruba may never die. All these Yoruba artistes forming posh will soon be cut to size.

Any language to which the Bible has been translated may never die!

babzo:
Every language eventually dies bro and new ones arise.
Where is Latin today? No one spoke English or French 1500 yeara ago.

I disagree!

Yiddish isn't dead.

Latin isn't dead. Italians speak Latin.

How old is the King James Version of the Bible English was being spoken before it was written. So was French. Get your facts right.

Arabic isn't dead.

What does Oyegun want sef

babzo:
I didnt say there are many non Yoruba actors, i said there are many Movies that feature such actors.

What is nonsense about responding in another language in a country with 200 languages where EVERYONE speaks 2 or more languages.
You have a movie set in 2019 and you pretend EVERYONE speaks just one language, when in reality, practically no one in that part of the country does that.

There is nothing wrong in having a movie where just Yoruba is spoken like the movie Oduduwa, there is also nothing wrong in having a movie where Yoruba is mixed with English; to each his own, its still a free country.

Mixing languages while speaking at time is a bad speaking culture. Only South Africans do this. It's a sign that the one language is at risk. Africa Magic Igbo took time to come to existence because Igbo films were recorded in English. Now we Yorubas are gradually making same mistake.

You will never find a French man no matter how versed in English speak both French and English at the same time. And same goes for an English man, German, Spaniard etc

weyreypey:
Izzit your TV?

Who is complaining

babzo:
I understand your point, but anyone really interested in promoting Yoruba or Ibo or Hausa culture or language, should make his own movie. If my focus as a businessman is to make money, i can even make a movie where they are speaking Yoruba and Spanish! Mind you many Yoruba movies have Ibo and Benin actors like Regina Chukwu and Mercy Aigbe. The freedom of capitalism should never be sacrificed on the altar of "lets promote our culture ". Thats a job for the Ogun State Ministry of Culture and Tourism or the Federal counterpart or maybe like you mentioned let the Yoruba Movies Board fund such a movie and pay actors well; not the "Egbon/Aunty please help me manage this 20k till we sell" mentality that pervades the Yoruba movie industry.

How is one or two or three or at most 10 (very unlikely) non Yoruba artistes in the Yoruba movie industry "many" Is that why we must sacrifice our language Nonsense!

It's so bad one person will be speaking English while the other will be responding in Yoruba...

YourNemesis:
It makes my body crawl honestly speaking, I am not making this up.
They speak English in between Yoruba lines even MORE than they do in real life, because they are of the warped opinion that it makes them look less local.... So in most instances, it is even a deliberate effort in places where such BS is not needed.

Someone needs to seriously talk some sense into the heads of Yoruba movie producers.

Hopefully they get to read this.

Otherwise, they will lose a viewer. But for my wife, what am I even doing on Yoruba movie channels sef

Currently watching "Incredible Dr. Pol". I don't expect to hear Yoruba. I am cool with it rather than watching a Yoruba movie with 60% English...

uuzba:
The subtitling use to hook O. Only one English sentence will be on screen and the actor will be firing mgbati-mgbati for 5 mins.

Must you watch a Yoruba film

YourNemesis:
Is it only that?

How about their horrible code-mixing between 60% English and 40% Half baked Yoruba that they call discussions in Yoruba?

They may think that it makes them sound "posh", but seriously, it is disgusting!

Why would I go the length of watching a movie in Yoruba only to hear them speaking English half the time when english nollywood or even America's hollywood is there for me to watch I wanted 'spren spren' English grammar?
Yoruba actors of the 90s and early 2000's to mid 2010s were waay better in their Yoruba language diction and knowledge including in mannerisms and traditions. What we have these days are just mass produced trash that do not last 1 month in popularity before fading out into oblivion.

When was the last time the Yoruba movie industry produced a movie the quality of Saworo-Ide, Maami, Oleku, Ti Oluwa n'ile, Sango, Magun, Efunsetan Aniwura, Eku Ida, Ayo ni mo fe, Ogbori Elemosho, Agogo Eewo, Kodun kopo Kope (KKK), Irapada; and those old Yoruba movies with epic village settings, 100% indigenous costumes and beautiful sounding Yoruba.

Everything in this generation just seems to be going downhill. Even the movies.

OMG did Nairaland just crash for 10 minutes? couldn't post for more than 15 minutes straight, smh.

Thank you my brother!

The use of English in Yoruba films disgusts me silly!!

The Adeoti brothers (producers) are behind this useless concept!!!

If you want to make an English movie, just go ahead and make one. I hate seeing regular Yoruba artists blowing English. I am like, wtf

Even Babalawo now speaks English in Yoruba movies...

Bullllshiiiit!!!

Too much English is being spoken in a supposedly Yoruba film. This does not make sense!

If you want to make an English movie, feel free. Use English all the way!

Subtitling a Yoruba film in English is good enough for non Yoruba speakers or Yoruba learners...

Aidejay:
Aspah! I'm reading this thing and I'm just laughing see wonders. Khai! Indeed some people are pained, but this is what the internet providers an avenue to be publicly depressed

How some dulllards think this will pain/worry Yorubas one bit is beyond me.

You care so much about my history and will stop at nothing researching it whereas I don't give a fcccck about yours - that is even if you have any.

Doesn't that already say who the boss is

My brother, pigiyistanars are a pathetic bunch, honestly.

Pigiyistanars are so obsessed with their Yoruba masters. They will spend several sleepless researching Yoruba history... I am feeling so honoured right now.

They know Yoruba history more than theirs - they have none! Pathetic isn't it

What a pity!!

MetaPhysical:
If that was Chukuemeka in that Benz they would not let internet rest for the next 5days.....with noise of his prowess and greatness and power....and everything else suggesting him as Lion the King!

But its Femi....so they have to sour the mood. We have people on the ready to poison their brain and sour their propaganda.

Team Lagos on the GO!

Correct!
Don't mind them. The envy is too much. They can't conceal it...

All I see are envious pigiyistanars...

They wont be whining like this if the Speaker were one of them...

Ntooooooor...

Nice!

Great

Stupid talk...

This is heinous!

Wish you quick healing and recovery...

This one na end time chimpanzee...

Chimpanzee indeed...

Nonsense!

Ok