Prev tweet. This language thing fascinating. When you do transliteration of “Onion” from Arabic to English you get ‘basal’/ ‘basala’/ ‘al-basal’
Hausa lang. borrowed it almost intact as ‘Albasa’
Yoruba borrowed it as ‘Alubosa’ (cos Yoruba likes splitting consonants with vowels)
Hausa lang. borrowed it almost intact as ‘Albasa’
Yoruba borrowed it as ‘Alubosa’ (cos Yoruba likes splitting consonants with vowels)
No doubt Yoruba did quite a bit of borrowing from Arabic and Hausa.
Where Yoruba has a clear lending edge is in words that have to do with partying and merrymaking lol. Hence why ‘Owambe’ and ‘Aso-Ebi’ have become universal ‘Nigerian’ language 😀
Yoruba & Igbo also have something going on. There’s an interesting Quora page on similar words in both languages (or at least dialects of both languages):
ọnụ = ẹnu = mouth
ntị = etí = ear
agba = agbọn = chin
imi = imu = nose
ewu = ewúrẹ = goat
quora.com/What-are-some-…
ọnụ = ẹnu = mouth
ntị = etí = ear
agba = agbọn = chin
imi = imu = nose
ewu = ewúrẹ = goat
quora.com/What-are-some-…
My guess is that the Yoruba word ‘seria’, regularly used as ‘Ma da seria fun e’ (‘I will show you pepper’, loosely translated) is borrowed from ‘Sharia’.
Is this correct?
Is this correct?
The Yoruba language also doesn’t like ending words with consonants. Vowel sounds only.
If you see a Yoruba word appearing to end with a consonant (‘n’ typically), it’s actually a Yoruba nasal vowel sound: 5 of them exist - “an, ẹn, in, ọn, un”
Ò-s-án - Orange
Ì-y-ìn - Praise
If you see a Yoruba word appearing to end with a consonant (‘n’ typically), it’s actually a Yoruba nasal vowel sound: 5 of them exist - “an, ẹn, in, ọn, un”
Ò-s-án - Orange
Ì-y-ìn - Praise
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