TEACH YOURSELF GUOSA LANGUAGEBOOK 2
ALEX IGBINEWEKA
(The Evolver and Exponent of the Guosa Language)
*20th Century Evolutions, Nigeria

Guosa Publication Services, (April, 2000)

ISBN 978-30291-2-6

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Ìfìnèrí:
Introduction:

In 1914, the Northern and Southern Protectorates of a colony, an administrative boundaries set up by the British colonialists, were dismantled and the colonies merged by Sir Frederick Lord Lugard. The merger became the first political turning point and a milestone development. It brought about the birth through the amalgamation of a unit geo-entity and nation called Nigeria. Consequently, Nigeria did not evolve through any known ethnographic origins. The amalgamation was cosmetic and that can be seen as such because there were no elements of homogeneity in the peoples that occupied the vast landmass.

From present day projections, about 100 million people populate Nigeria, as evidenced by figures from the National Population Census of 1991. Out of this astonishing number, it is believed that one out of every four Africans or one out of every six black persons in the world is a Nigerian by birth or otherwise. In the same vein also, there are at least 98,000 communities with a heterogeneous populace who speaks about 400 different languages in this same country.

These data raise questions which border on the basis for cohesion, comprehension and unity in such diversity. It is an anthropological fact that Language plays a unifying role in the beginning, development, beliefs, and customs of any group of people. Language is a means by which words or expressions find meaning and is put into use. Basically, it is used as a means of giving out information, thoughts, skills, ideas, reasoning and ensure receipt of same from varied sources without loosing track of the desired objective.

Language is capable of wearing several meanings and its message, mode, receptacle or feedback loop can influence action, behaviour, norms, mores, values and other extra perceptive roles of human beings in the society.

As a direct result of the diverse cultural and ethnic peculiarities of Nigeria, the development of a common indigenous language has been at a very sluggish pace. Our adopted lingua franca is an imported impostor in the true sense of usage. This reasoning explains why it has become difficult to formulate decisively, an educational and socio-political, economic as well as culturally integrated policy than can form the foundation for a purposeful agrarian, industrial and even technological revolution.

It is in the light of the ethnocentric peculiarities of Nigeria, coupled with the wide marginal differences in terms of her people, her customs and value system; her resources, environment, divergent cultures and religions, that the Guosa Language was evolved as a medium of common indigenous socially interwoven language and as a unifying mould towards building a virile and formidable society.

The Guosa

There are about 400 different ethnic languages, dialects and fractionalized dialects in Nigeria. The Guosa Language alone had in its evolution at least 100 of these divers tongues, beginning with just a pair in the mid-sixties. The scope of this is to evolve as much as the total number of languages and dialects in the country into the Guosa, which is made up of carefully detailed units of the different ethnic languages and divers cultures, so that in future years, Nigeria will be able to take her stand in the committees of lingua franca nations of the world. You will find below a vibrant list of languages presently supporting the conception of the Guosa Language by her originator and language evolutionist – Alex Igbineweka.

Also, you will observe an abbreviated time line consisting of a series of unfolding national achievements as follows: 1914 brings with it, the unification of Nigeria by the gathering of the various ethnic groups (which have their own cultures, dialects and languages). The coming of l960, heralds the realization of Nigerian National Independence. An event of such magnificent proportion, that the independence alone certainly and naturally led to the inspirational genesis of the Guosa Language; in 1965, by her originator, Alex Ekhaguosa Igbineweka – a revisit of the 1914 coming together as a united Nigerian nation.

Should the adoption of the Guosa Language be accomplished and cemented into the multi-ethnic and cultural fabric known as the country of Nigeria, it will progressively and purposefully move the populace towards a national consciousness and a sense of homogeneity. EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS INTO THE GUOSA LANGUAGE (AS OF DATE)

Nigeria: Blue House
 

1 Abayongo~ 35 Edo-Groups
2 Abini ~36 Efifa-Yoruba
3 Abiri ~37 Efik
4 Abong ~38 Egun
5 Abriba ~39 Emughan
6 Abua~ 40 Enuani
7 Adim ~41 Erusu
8 Agbo ~42 Esan
9 Agwagwune ~43 Esuku-Yoruba
10 Agwatashi ~44 Etono
11 Ahan ~45 Etsako
12 Ajawa-Hausa ~46 Ezei
13 Aje ~47 Fulani
14 Ake ~48 Fulfulde
15 Akpa-Akweya ~49 Gbede
16 Akunakuna ~50 Gedegede-Yoruba
17 Akunnu-Yoruba~ 51 Gwari
18 Akweya~ 52 Hausa
19 Aniocha- groups ~53 Hausa-groups
20 Anioma ~54 Hausa-Guosa
21 Arigidi ~55 Hungworo
22 Ase-Yoruba ~56 Ibibio
23 Assaikio ~57 Idoma
24 Ayere ~58 Igala
25 Bayino ~59 Igbo
26 Bayono ~60 Ikwerre
27 Berom ~61 Igbo-Guosa
28 Bete ~62 Ika-Igbo
29 Boroma ~63 Ikale
3 0 Central Abuan ~64 Iko
31 Daja-Yoruba ~65 Ikorom-Yoruba
32 Doma ~66 Ikwerre
33 Ebira ~67 Isoko
34 Edo ~68 Itsekiri
69 Izon ~103 Utagba-Uno
70 Jagba ~104 Uvbe
71 Jukun ~105 Yoruba
72 Kagoro ~106 Yoruba-Guosa
73 Kaje ~107 Yoruba-Guosa
74 Kalabari ~75 Kamuuku
76 Kanuri ~77 Kataf
78 Keana ~79 Kolokuma
80 Kororofa 81 Kukuruku
82 Nupe ~83 Odual
84 Ogba ~85 Oge
86 Ogori ~87 Oge
88 Ogori ~89 Oke-Agbe
90 Oke-Agbe ~91 Okpameri
92 Okpeden ~93 Okrika
94 Ora ~95 Otabha
96 Sobe ~97 Oyin
98 Some foreign languages ~99 Tiv
100 Udo ~101 Urhobo
102 Uro

Guosa Language Tones:

As the first major step in the Guosa Language, here are the basic tonal marking which you must keep in memory so as to be able to pronounce each word excellently.

´ High tone ` Low tone V Low to high ^ High to low. Mid-tone unmarked.

Alphabetization: Á B D É È F G Í H J K L M N Ó Ò P R S T Ú V W Y Z

Graphic Alphabetization: Áá Bb Dd Éé Èè Ff Gg Íí Hh Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Óó Òò Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Yy Zz

Ilowe Naijeriya (Nigerian Peculiar SyllableConsonants) c: (ch) as in àbíncí: [food] gb: as in gbóntì: [hear/listen] ng: as in mo ng shìengá: [I am going] i.e. present continuous kp: as in íkpèrè: [adjective]

Evolution:

In the Guosa Language, visible and concrete objects are of Hausa, and or other northern Nigerian languages vocabularies origin; example:

Guosa ~English

Kwàndó~basket
Kázá ~hen
Ból ~ball
Líttáfí ~book
Fénsà ~pencil

Invisible or abstract things are of Igbo, Yoruba or other southern Nigeria language origin. Their evolution from either Igbo and or Yoruba depends mainly on the alphabetical sequences. For instance, let us take the word “come” in English which meant: bìa (in Igbo language); and a corresponding wá (in Yoruba language) respectively. To decide which word should come in first or which word should evolve into the Guosa, you go on alphabetical sequence. In the above words from Igbo and yoruba languages, you will see that bìa comes before wá alphabetically.

Therefore, a sentence like: please, give me water (English) is thus evolved and translated as: bíko, fún mi ní rúwá (in the Guosa Language) because water is rúwá; and fún mi ní refers to give me.

Verb Patterns:

Guosa ~English

ò chètó ájì ‘wá tí shìengá gídá~ our class Monitor has gone home
ó tí shìhé kófà? ~Have you opened the door?
báasì, mó tí shìhé kófà ~yes, I have opened the door.

Present Progressive:

mó ng sòngí ‘sóngà ~I am singing a song
abókí mí ng sámbà ~my friend is dancing
àwá ng mùkó èdè Gúosà ~we are learning Guosa Language
kázá mí ng mùbí kwái ~my hen is laying eggs.

Past Progressive:

árdún gómà fífèjá, mó húsí nà Saot Afrika~ten years ago, I was living in Belgium
Kádíri bìawá hún mí làyén~ Kadiri came to see me yesterday.
mó tí yámá mótà zúum-zúum ~I have bought a motor-car
èyí wù wàsíkà tí Engineer Wàkómbì tí kòdé sí mí~This is the letter which Engineer Wakombo has written to me.
Bamidele yìí fénsà tí Àdágbà nòn mí nà úzòlá fífèjá.....~Bamidele has taken the pencil which Adagba gave me last week..

mótà mí tí mèjé ~my motor has broken down
mà ~know
ìmà~ knowing, knowingly
mî mà ~I do not know

mó mà ~I know
mó tí mà ~I have known
ó tí mà ~you have known

Verb Tense: (To be continued)

Please ask any question about the Guosa Language and I shall be too pleased to provide you an up to date answer.

Alex Igbineweka
The Azekazudo of Edoland; and, Guosa Language Evolutionist

*A 20th Century Evolution, Nigeria, Africa