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URHOBO LANGUAGE
PRIMER
URHOBO FOUNDATION
4, Akitoye Street,
Off Herbert Macaulay Street,
Yaba, Lagos. Nigeria
(c)
URRHOBO FOUNDATION
URHOBO LANGUAGE PRIMER
First Printed October 2003
All right reserved. This book is copyright and so no part of it may be
reproduced. Stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form
or by any means, electronic, mechanical, electrostatic, magnetic tape,
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written
permission of the publisher.
ISBN: 978-060-794-3.
Printed in Nigeria by F.M. Venture Limited
BY
URHOBO FOUNDATION
0001809
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CONTEXT
LESSON
PAGE
Acknowledge
Introduction
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Greetings/Uyere
Numerals/Ukeri - (1)
Parts of the body /Edia sasa r’ugboma
Numerals/Ukeri - (II)
Parts of a House/Edia sasa vw’ uwevwi
Food/Emu - (I)
Animals- (I) (Domestic)/ Uchuru
Verbs/Etairuo (I)
Animals -(II) (Wild)/ Erawer’ eghwa.
Places /Asa sasa
Verbs/ Etairuo (II)
Time/Oke (I)
Food/Emu (II)
Time/Oke - (II)
General words/ Eta Sasa
Numeral/Ukeri - (III)
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1
5
21.
8
22.
12
23.
15
19
23
27
31
36
40
44
47
51
56
60
Glossary
93
Our Lord’s Prayer/Erhovwvo R’ orovwohwo
91
General words/Eta sasa
85
17.
18.
19.
20.
General words/Eta sasa
Geography (Urhobo clans)
Rivers in Urhobo/Irhie r’ Urhobo
Some Urhobo names and their Meanings/ede
r’ urhobo evo ve oto raye
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69
77
81
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This book is a product of the
URHOBO FOUNDATION
Proprietors of the
URHOBO LANGUAGE CENTRE
The concept of this work was originated
and co-ordinated by two of our members.
Arc. O.C. Majoroh with the assistance of Engr. C.V. Osiobe
The publishers sincerely appreciate the stering efforts of
Mr. Akpome B. Uyalaju,
Mr. John E. Oghoghorie and Mr. Felix I. Veyan staff of the Urhobo
Language Centre who jointly authored this book andArc. O.C
Majoroh who edited the book. Special mention is also made here of
our secretarial staff Ms. Ehis Odiameh, Mrs Kate Odom and Miss
Chioma Azubike (all non- Urhobos) for their patience in typing and
particularly in underscoring the peculiar Urhobo
vowels of “E” and “O”
The accompanying audio cassette was recorded by Mr. John E.
Oghoghorie and
Miss Oyoma Balogun Uyalaju whose voices give a clear verbral
illustration to this work.
Finally we give thanks to Almighty God, the creator of all things
without whose guidance and Grace nothing like this should have
been achieved.
URHOBO FOUNDATION
4, Akitoye Street,
Off Herbert Macaulay Street,
Yaba, Lagos. Nigeria.
Post Office Box 417 Sabo Yaba.
August. 2003
URHOBO LANGUAGE PRIMER
INTRODUCTION
This primer is targeted at Urhobo adults and children in disapora who
for one reason or the other lost the opportunity to learn their own
language in the past. It is also designed to be used by non-urhobos
who desire to communicate while working or living in urhobo land as
well as Urhobos with some background of the language but may have
lost it owing to diminished used or lack of contact with other Urhobo
speakers. This book is designed to be enjoyed like a song.
The authors employed the new method of “ assimilation” in the
gradual infusion of the essence of the Urhobo Language to the reader.
The presentation of the material is mainly in spoken form usinbg
apostrophe to make compound words in the spoken format as against
the classical and literary forms of written Urhobo. The fusion of the
written and spoken forms for the beginner is envisaged to make
reading, writing and understanding easier. We apologise to the purists
for any short cut we have taken. We have also avoided using difficult
expressions and excessive detail since this can only lead to frustration
and loss of a peobable good student.
The Urhobo has been written side by side with English interpretations
and the work is accompanied by an audio cassette to aid beginners in
pronunciation and easy listening at home or on the road.
The vocabulary used in the book has been carefully selected to
include words that are used daily in a typical Urhobo setting. The
sentences are written in simple forms to gently expand the learners’
vocabulary while some proverbs and idioms have been included
because no Urhobo can be spoken in public without the inclusion of
these beautiful sayings. The beginner is encouraged to collect his own
dossier of proverbs as his knowledge of Urhobo grows.
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It is expert
that any reader who finishes this simple book will
become familiar with the spoken form of the language. It is
however intended only as the beginning and a challenge to
those who great richness of the language.
“(Gba y’ eghwere” (bon Voyage)”
A EEIOOU
UYONO 1
GREETINGS/UYERE
URHOBO
ENGLISH
Hi
Hi
I Prostrate -----Rise
How are you?----fine
How is your health?-----fine
Is it alright at home?----yes
What aut the children?-----
They are fine.
What about your wife?---
she’s fine
What about your
He’s fine.
Goodnight — Goodnight
Welcome
See you later – see you
later
LESSON I
Arc. O.C. Majoroh
Editor.
1. Do
2. Wa do
3. Miguo---- Vre do
4. Mavo? ---Oyoma
5. Oma gare?---E
6. Ob’uwevwi dori?----E
7. Emo na vwo? --Ay’ero
8. Aye we vwo?--O’ero
9. Oshare we vwo? –
husband?--
O’ero
10. Tode ---- Tode
1 We k’oboyab
1.
1 Kesiefa -----Kesiefa
2.
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