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Afemai (Afenmai) is not a language but an ethic group or tribe of Edo North. Afemai have many dialects grouped under the Etsako Language. Three and a half local government of the six, speak the language.
Yekhee is not a language but a popular word of Etsako, which means “excuse me” or “hello”, to draw attention. Nearly all people, in the six local government areas, understand Etsako Language.
Kukuruku corrupted from the word “okogoogoo” was an alert for people to flee from the slave traffickers. It was not a battle cry because the natives did not go into war or battle with the slave trafficker. Kukuruku is not a languge of the Edo North but considered a derogatory name for the tribe. So the word was replaced with Afemai, meaning “our family or tribe”.
The language of Edo North Senatorial district is ETSAKO which has been developed, harnessing other dialects of the district to be a central language. ̃Contributed by: Solomon Jegede Enaboakpe
"Afemai" is categorized as a language but is written about the ethnic group, so I would like to propose moving this article to Afemai people to disambiguate. - Uyvsdi ( talk) 05:47, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Uyvsdi
made this change under history, as this seemed to be the the intended meaning. Original too slangy. Noting here in case I am wrong. Doing other small edits for English, but only this one approaches a guess, imho. But for the record, I don't know the place or the language; just spending a little time on general improvement of the writing/links/references in west Africa articles. If I do make a mistake, please feel free to correct without discussion Elinruby ( talk) 02:11, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
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Afemai (Afenmai) is not a language but an ethic group or tribe of Edo North. Afemai have many dialects grouped under the Etsako Language. Three and a half local government of the six, speak the language.
Yekhee is not a language but a popular word of Etsako, which means “excuse me” or “hello”, to draw attention. Nearly all people, in the six local government areas, understand Etsako Language.
Kukuruku corrupted from the word “okogoogoo” was an alert for people to flee from the slave traffickers. It was not a battle cry because the natives did not go into war or battle with the slave trafficker. Kukuruku is not a languge of the Edo North but considered a derogatory name for the tribe. So the word was replaced with Afemai, meaning “our family or tribe”.
The language of Edo North Senatorial district is ETSAKO which has been developed, harnessing other dialects of the district to be a central language. ̃Contributed by: Solomon Jegede Enaboakpe
"Afemai" is categorized as a language but is written about the ethnic group, so I would like to propose moving this article to Afemai people to disambiguate. - Uyvsdi ( talk) 05:47, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Uyvsdi
made this change under history, as this seemed to be the the intended meaning. Original too slangy. Noting here in case I am wrong. Doing other small edits for English, but only this one approaches a guess, imho. But for the record, I don't know the place or the language; just spending a little time on general improvement of the writing/links/references in west Africa articles. If I do make a mistake, please feel free to correct without discussion Elinruby ( talk) 02:11, 5 December 2016 (UTC)