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4 unusual facts about Urhobo language


Agbon Kingdom

The people of Agbon speak Urhobo as their mother tongue with little or no dialectical forms.

Igbe religion

Igbe religion, popularly known as Igbe- an Urhobo word meaning dance- was founded by Ubiecha Etarakpo in 1858 and has its headquarters at 11, Egbo Street, Kokori Inland, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria.

First, non-adherents find it less attractive because of the principal utilization of Urhobo language at worship sessions.

Sobo language

Urhobo language, an Edoid language spoken by the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria


Itsekiri language

It has also been very heavily influenced by Edo (Bini), Portuguese and English and has taken in loan words from neighbouring Ijo and Urhobo languages.However its basic structure, grammar and vocabulary is essentially Yoruboid with its closest relatives being the south-eastern family of Yoruba dialects - Ijebu, Ilaje-Ikale, Ondo, Akure and Owo.


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