Parents, Brothers and sisters, friends and well
wishers of the Edos communities world-wide; we have today began the long march
towards the unification of the Edo-nation world wide with the evolution of a
general language for the Edoid; and, here we go with the first sets of words:
Edos general Language ............English
koyo hello bo dia he? ...............how
is it/how are you?
o dia ese ..................................it is fine/it is good
wa dooh ..................................greetings to you all
eeh ..........................................greetings accepted
bo kia .....................................welcome
Sources of dialectes evolved:
koyo: .......... Edo (Bini)
bo dia he? ..... Esan/Edo
wa dooh ........ Edi (Bini)/Esan/Urhobo
eeh ............ general
bo kia ......... Etsako/Esan/Edo .
Perhaps you may wish to know that the Guosa Language
began with a pair of words from Igbo and Edo in 1964/65; and in 1965, the Yoruba
language was added at the Sandgrous market on Lewis Street, Lagos. Thereafter,
the Hausa languages were thrilled and entertained in the all fast evolving Guosa.
Today, the Guosa language has got more than 100 different Nigerian languages
and dialects with relevant linguistic rules for spreading to other languages
groups not yet covered, depending on support from the Government and people of
Nigeria.
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