IFE or Atakpame people

[@onegbenga]

good to hear you, i am yoruba from Ekiti in Nigeria

[@ajayioluwarotimi7952]

Interesting. I am from Nigeria. I only understand like 67% .

[@akoutagawahappy6504]

Thanks

[@bodl100]

One day we all be united as Oduduwa People.

[@mamabenzproduction4917]

The first people of ife are not oduduwa people and they are not yoruba as well. They are ife

[@seismicvertigo345]

@@mamabenzproduction4917 Whatever you want to call it, we are an ethnoliguistic group

[@darkjedi8996]

@@mamabenzproduction4917 why don’t you go and mind edo business.

[@darkjedi8996]

@tito all the word Yoruba was used by Samuel ajayi crowther as an umbrella to unite all the various dialect of the modern day Yoruba language. Read about it. The person you replied to is from edo and does not even have any connections to any of the clans under the Yoruba umbrella so how could they possibly know. Any one that speaks ife, anago or so called Yoruba are from the same tree of people

[@darkjedi8996]

@@mamabenzproduction4917 what good do get from lying. Why can’t you edo people just mind your own business. What is wrong with you people

[@yorubanation-clubhouse7117]

Kaabour means Welcome in Ife, right?

[@sali9406]

Yes dear.

[@yorubanation-clubhouse7117]

@@sali9406 What is the social life of the ife people like in Togo? Do they see themselves as descendant of Yorubas, or as a different ethnic group? How is the (Ede Ife) language faring? Is it thriving, or is it being dominated and diminished by the more populous and politically advantaged Ewe language? Are you from Ghana or Togo?

[@annbrubeck8088]

They are the same people from Ife - Yoruba/Anago. It was the civil war of the 16-1800s and then reunification into all combine Old Oyo Empire till the slavery era...pre-post colonial divisions happened.

[@davyslanguages]

I'm ife from Togo ( Atakpame)

[@SamuelAdegoke-bp8pv]

Can we be friends?

[@general8855]

Allo frere

[@odjogermaingouttia2430]

I am from Togo I grew up in atakpame I can speak ifê.

[@odjogermaingouttia2430]

@tito all yes gouodger

[@tvs9978]

@@odjogermaingouttia2430 so do you identify as Ewe or Ife? And are the two languages similar?

[@odjogermaingouttia2430]

@@tvs9978 I can speak both languages but they are totally different. Ifê is similar to yoruba a language speak in South Nigeria. Ewe is spoken in South togo and Ghana. You can find it also in benin

[@tvs9978]

@@odjogermaingouttia2430 thanks for responding. What I meant is do you see certain words in one language used in the other? There are Ewe words in Ga for example and because of proximity I'm sure there have been cultural exchanges.

[@odjogermaingouttia2430]

@@tvs9978 yes we have some common word that we borrowed from English because those things did not exist before in Africa I am thinking to see what words those languages share together

[@sali9406]

This group of people are very reserved and feel dominated & diminished by many ethnic groups in all the three countries. This group of people have many division among themselves as a matter fact, a result depending on which group you come across, they feel associated to the Yoruba group of people and vice versa. This is one of the reasons of creating awareness on this particular group. Am from Ghana but have relatives in all the three countries. I hope this will answer your question.

[@yorubanation-clubhouse7117]

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question although I did not quickly see your reply because you did not reply under the original thread where I made the first remark. It is great to know that some of them recognize their Yoruba roots. For the section of Ifes who do not, I guess more enlightenment and educational programmes are required to bring them to terms with their actual origins. I knew you were from Ghana from two things, the first is that you used English terms for the words from borrowed language as opposed to French like someone from Togo or Benin would do, then the accent you used in pronouncing those english terms gave you away as a Ghanaian. Can I ask you more questions if you do not mind?

[@segunodetola7859]

Bruv, this is Yoruba. I understand everything you’re saying.

[@tvs9978]

@IleIfeShow. So, if you're from Ghana, what tribe do you identify as, and where do your people live ie which towns and regions? And when did they migrate to Ghana?

[@michealyovo4035]

So proud of it

[@EbunoluwaFacts]

Sounds like Ondo/Ikale/Ilaje dialects of Yoruba in Nigeria.

[@michealyovo4035]

Yes ooo we are the same

[@ayodejiagbowuro955]

Yeah! Sounds a lot like my Owo language. I understand over 90% of what he said.

[@tundeshebolatan4678]

Original language of Ife

[@ZourehaIdotsou]

​@@tundeshebolatan4678yes because we maintains the langguage even before or after oyo

[@ZourehaIdotsou]

Some of us came ife in ile ife some came from abeokouta ,ibadan,egba,aku,etc

[@EnzoAbiola]

I know there are in benin and togo but where there are located in ghana ?

[@ZourehaIdotsou]

Me too i wonder but the said the gaa people but they dont speak ekoni ejiree

[@EnzoAbiola]

@@ZourehaIdotsou mmh interesting

[@davyslanguages]

You forgot the biggest one group. The ife of nigeria

[@warijely2354]

Et kaboli ?

[@abijoakeem3008]

I observed their language has been influenced by other ethnic groups in Togo. Nevertheless, I can still understand 60% of what the narrator was saying.

[@adegbolaraji9969]

Eku ise

[@queensabina9983]

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