Owé (a dialect of Yoruba)

About

About this project The Owé Living Dictionary project is led by Nigerian linguist Dr. Bolanle Elizabeth Arokoyo, who holds a PhD in Linguistics, and has been documenting the grammar and lexicon of Owé since 2000. Dr. Arokoyo is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. She is a Living Tongues Fellow and coordinates many ongoing documentation projects in Nigeria. In 2021, Dr. Arokoyo collaborated with Anna Luisa Daigneault and Gregory D. S. Anderson at Living Tongues Institute to organize and import 2188 entries into the first-ever Owé Living Dictionary. This was accomplished with digital editing assistance from Living Tongues interns Ashlie Devenney and Thorin Engeseth, and programming by web developer Jacob Bowdoin. This dictionary will continue to expand with help from Samuel Olanrewaju. About Owé Owé is a dialect of Yorùbá spoken by the Owé people within the Kabba District in the present Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. There are varied histories of origin but in all, the people believe that they migrated from Ile-Ife. One other belief is that there were three separate settlements that have grown and merged into one single town. Kabba, comprises of three clans called Katu, Odolu and Kabba. The Owé people can also be found in neighbouring villages like Òtù-Egunbe, Gbélékò, Kákun, Ẹgbẹ́dá, Òkèdayò, Apánga, etc. The Owé speaking community is linguistically homogeneous (Baiyere 1999, Arokoyo, 2013, 2018). Genetically, Owé belongs to the Yoruboid language family group of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo. Kabba, the Head-quarters of Okunland and also headquarters of old Kabba Province, is about eighty kilometers west of Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital. The town is located approximately on Latitude [70 49159.998211](tel:70 49159.998211) and Longitude 60 416.0E-411. Kabba is situated on a land mass of about 2,706km2 (1,045 sq ml) and is on A123 Highway in the…

Grammar

See Owé Bilingual Dictionary data https://1drv.ms/w/s!AvoMNwyK1hXNtysUYaMUqgAkMZY2 Owé Vocabulary\ Owé Alphabets A, B, D, E, Ẹ, F, G, GB, GH, KP, I, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, Ọ, P, R, S, Ṣ, T, U, W, Y a, b, d, e, ẹ, f, g, gb, gh, i, h, j, k, kp, l, m, n, o, ọ, p, r, s, ṣ, t, u, w, y /a, b, d, e, ɛ, f, g, gb, ɣ, i, h, ʤ, k, kp, l, m, n, o, ɔ, p, r, s, ʃ, t, u, w, j/ Sentences in Owé a. Ebi í pa mí. hunger is killing me ‘I am hungry.’ b. Kú wẹ fé jẹ? What you want eat ‘What do you want to eat?’ c. Mì fé jẹ iyón. I want eat pounded yam ‘I want to eat pounded yam.’ d. Lẹ fé gún iyón? Who want pound pounded yam ’Who wants to pound yam?’ Owé Vocabulary \ Owé Alphabets A, B, D, E, Ẹ, F, G, GB, GH, KP, I, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, Ọ, P, R, S, Ṣ, T, U, W, Y a, b, d, e, ẹ, f, g, gb, gh, i, h, j, k, kp, l, m, n, o, ọ, p, r, s, ṣ, t, u, w, y /a, b, d, e, ɛ, f, g, gb, ɣ, i, h, ʤ, k, kp, l, m, n, o, ɔ, p, r, s, ʃ, t, u, w, j/ Owé Alphabet Chart \ Parts of the Body Owé English ọwọ́ hand àtẹlẹwo ́ palm of hand inú belly ówo head eyín teeth ọra body irun hair inú stomach òmùsu buttocks etí ear imú nose arun mouth ojú eye ọmú breast itọn thigh òbò vagina See Owé Bilingual Dictionary data https://1drv.ms/w/s!AvoMNwyK1hXNtyj-R29ODEd_NOg9 https://1drv.ms/w/s!AvoMNwyK1hXNtysUYaMUqgAkMZY2 Owé Basic Course https://1drv.ms/w/s!AvoMNwyK1hXNtyz12HC5OWo19rmu