The Itsekiri language is a major branch of the Yoruboid group of languages, which as a group, is a key member of the Volta–Niger sub-family of the Niger–Congo...

originate from Ile-Ife and speak a Yoruboid language and can be found in Ondo, Edo and Delta State. The Itsekiris presently transcends a population of over...

Yoruboid language is Itsekiri (about 1,000,000 speakers). The Yoruboid group is a branch of Defoid, which also includes the Akoko and Ayere-Ahan languages. The...

vernacular fluency. As the principal Yoruboid language, Yoruba is most closely related to the languages Itsekiri (spoken in the Niger Delta) and Igala (spoken...

Kingdom of Warri. It is made up of six quarters, known as idimis in the Itsekiri language. 1. Idimi Ode-kporo 2. Idimi Jakpa 3. Idimi Ode-Ile 4. Idimi Ogunobite...

dialects. Language groups spoken in the Niger Delta include the Igboid languages, Ijaw languages, Ibibio-Efik languages, Itsekiri language, Central Delta...

(Anambra West); it is believed that these languages share some similarities with the Yoruba and Itsekiri languages. Igala, living on the left bank of the...

Igboid, i.e. Igbo language proper, Ukwuani, Ikwerre, Ekpeye etc., Yoruboid, i.e. Yoruba, Itsekiri and Igala, Akokoid (eight small languages in Ondo, Edo and...

mutilated corpses of 13 Itsekiris killed by Ijaws, over a dispute on a candidate for a local council chairman. Several Itsekiri villages, including Gbokoda...

Ewuare. Olua's reign is noted for his actions and the establishment of the Itsekiri kingdom through his son Iginuwa. Olua was the child of Oba Ewuare and one...