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Ebira (Egbira) is a Nupoid language spoken by over a million people in the Kwara State, Nigeria. Under the now-discountenanced
name of Igbira a translation of the Gospel of St. Matthew was produced in 1891 . Of even more remote historical interest,
snippets of the language, under the name Igberra, were communicated to John Clarke by an informant either in Jamaica or in
the island of Bioco (Fernando Po), including such phrases as: Waua musa wagem woniokwom - Go bring me something to eat; I
am hungry. Naye moni omi mamu - Bring me water, I am thirsty. (It should be borne in mind that Clarke's spelling antedated
phonetic orthographic suggestions regarding West African languages, and that the typesetter who made up the book was working
in totally unfamiliar material). Some words provided by Clarke: olhi - man onye - woman odji - fire ommi - water weah - moon |
Names (more)[de] Ebira[en] Ebira language [hr] Ebira jezik [pt] Língua ebira |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : igbLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/igbhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:igb More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: igbFreebase ISO 639-3 : igb GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |