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Ebira (Egbira) is a Nupoid language spoken by over a million people in the Kwara State, Nigeria. Under the now-discountenanced name of Igbira a translation of the Gospel of St. Matthew was produced in 1891 . Of even more remote historical interest, snippets of the language, under the name Igberra, were communicated to John Clarke by an informant either in Jamaica or in the island of Bioco (Fernando Po), including such phrases as: Waua musa wagem woniokwom - Go bring me something to eat; I am hungry. Naye moni omi mamu - Bring me water, I am thirsty. (It should be borne in mind that Clarke's spelling antedated phonetic orthographic suggestions regarding West African languages, and that the typesetter who made up the book was working in totally unfamiliar material). Some words provided by Clarke: olhi - man onye - woman odji - fire ommi - water weah - moon
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