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Search, discover, and learn words from four living Ijaw dialects

All Dialects Izon (6) Nembe (318) Ogbia (620) Epie (2)
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Igho
Noun Epie
Money, wealth
“Igho re — Bring money”
Omoku
Expression Epie
Greeting, welcome
“Omoku muo — Welcome to you”

About the dialects

Iz
Izon
The most widely spoken Ijaw dialect, used as a lingua franca across Ijaw communities
Nm
Nembe
Spoken in Nembe LGA of Bayelsa State, home of the historic Nembe Kingdom
Og
Ogbia
Spoken in Ogbia LGA, from the land where Nigeria's first commercial oil was struck
Ep
Epie
Spoken in the Yenagoa area of Bayelsa State, the state capital region