Ulukwumi, also known as Olùkùmi, is a Yoruboid language spoken by the Olukumi people of Aniocha North LGA, Delta State, Nigeria.
Olùkùmi means 'my friend' in the Owé dialect of Yoruba and Igala.
Vocabulary
Below are some Olùkùmi words compared with the other Yoruboid languages Yorùbá (standard dialect), Òwé (a Yoruba dialect spoken in Kabba district of
Kabba-Bunu LGA,
Kogi State), and Igala, as given by Arokoyo (2012):
[Arokoyo, Bolanle Elizabeth. 2012. A Comparative Phonology of the Olùkùmi, Igala, Owe and Yoruba Languages. Paper presented for the International Congress "Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction", Paris, 18-21 September, 2012. 10pp.]
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| ọ́wọ́ |
| úchu |
| ọ́la |
| ọ́ma |
| ónùkú |
| ọ́bùlẹ |
| àtá |
| ọ́nẹ̀ |
| úná |
| ọ̀là |
| ẹ̀dọ̀ |
| ùchà |
| ẹ́la |
| ògìjo |
| íkélékwu |
| né |
| jẹ |
| obì |
| ómi |
| ìtọ̀ |
| òwú |
| òkwúta |
Sources
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Eleshin, Alimot Folake. 2012. A comparative study of the morphosyntax of Olukumi and Standard Yorùbá: a minimalist approach. MA thesis, University of Ilorin.
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Okolo-Obi, Bosco. 2014. Aspects of Olukumi Phonology. MA thesis, Nsukka: University of Nigeria; 117pp.
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Obisesan, H. 2012. Lexical Comparison Of Olukumi, Owo Dialect And Standard Yoruba. Seminar paper presented to the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, Ilorin.
