Ebira (èbìrà)

Ebira is a member of the Nupoid branch of the Volta-Niger language family. It is spoken by about 2.2 million people mainly in the Kogi Central senatorial district of Kogi State in the North Central region of Nigeria, and also in in the states of Nasarawa, Kwara, Niger, Benue, Edo and Ondo, and in the Federal Capital Territory.

Ebira is also known as Igbira, Okene or Egbura. Dialects include Ebira-Okene, Ebira-Koto and Ẹtụnọ. A way to write Ebria with the Latin alphabet was introduced in 1976 and is based on the Ebira-Okene dialect. There is an Ebria translation of Bible.

Ebira alphabet and pronunciation

Ebira alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Ebira (Excel)

Sample text

  1. Dị Ijeesu ka, “Wàaa mẹ̀ aduwa nịnị, kà a ka: ‘Nda, â vọrọ ka à sị ụbanyị yị ịrẹha awụ. Navọ ụmẹ ịjọva awụ ọ̀ vẹ!
  2. Navọ wa sị ịsọyịrị ẹkụhị-ẹkụhị ana a vọrọ ka yaa rịị yị!
  3. Navọ wa vagu yi ịnị ịvị ayị; agụvị ka ẹ yị rẹẹ̄ vagu ọza ana àa rị ịvị ayị. Asị ụ zẹẹ ka à zama yị re!’ ”

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/2539/LUK.11.EBTP

Translation

  1. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
  2. Give us day by day our daily bread.
  3. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
    The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample videos

Information about Ebira | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Ebira
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebira_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebira_(langue)
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Эбира_(язык)
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/igb
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ebira_phrasebook
https://ebirafirst.org/
http://www.language-archives.org/language/igb

Volta-Niger languages

Aja, Ayizo, Belanda Viri, Ebira, Edo, Ewe, Fon, Gen, Gun, Igala, Igbo, Ikwerre, Isoko, Nupe, Ogba, Urhobo, Yorùbá

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 04.03.25. Last modified: 04.03.25

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