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Esan is a tonal Edoid language of Nigeria. Dictionaries and grammar texts of the Esan language are being produced, which may
help the Esan appreciate their written language. There is a high level of illiteracy among the Esan, and a large number of
dialects, including Ẹkpoma, Ewohimi, Ẹkpọn, and Ohordua. Most annual Esan Kings' Council meetings are largely conducted in
English for this reason. Linguistic finding has shown the word ‘gbe’ to have the highest number of usages in Esan, with up
to 76 different meanings in a normal dictionary. Names starting with the prefixes Ọsẹ; Ẹhi, Ẹhiz or Ẹhis; and Okoh (for male),
Ọmọn (for female) are the commonest in Esan: Ẹhizọkhae, Ẹhizojie, Ẹhinọmẹn, Ẹhimanre, Ẹhizẹle, Ẹhimẹn, Ẹhikhayimẹntor, Ẹhikhayimẹnle,
Ẹhijantor,Ehicheoya etc. ; Ọsẹmundiamẹn, Ọsẹmhẹngbe, etc. ; Okosun, Okojie, Okodugha, Okoemu, Okouromi, Okougbo, Okoepkẹn,
Okoror, Okouruwa, Oriaifo etc. To any Oko-, 'Ọm-' the suffix of the name can be added to arrive of the female version e.g.
Ọmosun, Ọmuromi, etc. |
Names (more)[de] Esan[en] Esan language [hr] Esan jezik |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : ishLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ishhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:ish More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: ishFreebase ISO 639-3 : ish GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |