Oworo (Aworo) is a dialect of
Yoruba spoken mainly in Oworo District of Lokoja LGA,
Kogi State
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Nigeria. It is close to the Abinu (Bunu), Ikiri, Owe, Yagba and Ijumu dialects which are together known as ''Okun''.
["The History of Okun Yoruba: Research Direction"]
Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics, Editors: Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, Volume: 22, Publishers: Boydell & Brewer, University of Rochester Press (February 2006) Page 111-126 The Okun dialects are mutually intelligible.
There appears to be an obvious and strict rule of change from
in Yoruba and other Okun dialects to
in Oworo. Similar changes occur with several other vowels and consonants with lesser strictness. For example, the words ''funfun'','' ìfẹ́'' and ''òsì'' meaning white, love and left are rendered ''hunhun'', ''ìhẹ́'' and ''òhì'' in Oworo respectively.
Due to the geographical location of the
Oworo people
The Ọwọrọ ethnic nationality represents a group of people around the Niger-Benue confluence speaking a Yoruba dialect called Oworo. They are generally classified as part of Northeast Yoruba (NEY) of the Yoruba people.
Origin
The origin of ...
, the Oworo dialect has been influenced by
Nupe
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*Nupe people, of Nigeria
*Nupe language, their language
* Nupe River, in the Huánuco Region, Peru
* Bida Emirate, also known as the Nupe Kingdom, their former state
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,
Igala
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* IGALA, the International Gender and Language Association, an interdisciplinary academic organization
* Igala Kingdom, a pre-colonial West African state
* Igala language, a Volta–Niger language
* Igala people
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,
Hausa
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* Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa
* Hausa language, spoken in West Africa
* Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states
* Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse
See also
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and other neighboring languages. The influence of Nupe seems to be the greatest and this may be due to the 19th century Nupe wars.
References
External links
Georgina OM, Adebola AI
"An Optimality Analysis of Oworo Vowel Harmony"Retrieved 14 October 2015
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