Ososo is a member of the Edoid branch of Volta-Niger language family. It is spoken by 50,000 people in Edo and Kogi states in southern Nigeria, particularly in the town of Ososo in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area (LGA) in the north of Edo State, and also in Okene and Adavi LGAs in Kogi State.
Ososo is written with the Latin alphabet. There are various spelling systems, and the one below was proposed by Agnes Temitope Legbeti of the University of Lagos in 2024.
Download an alphabet chart for Ososo (Excel)
ítéré Ósósọ̀, òkéké nó dì vbì ẹ́vbórí ítéré á sázú Ẹ́doid. ó mà máá yání àbí á dhí ví ọ́nì vbí èkhẹ̀ néné. Íkégbọ́ á dólí óbè, wá khì da yá ví ítéré Ósósọ̀ vbí èkhẹ̀, à mínẹ́ khí wì lí ìvìvbèkhè óyí Yorùbá, Ẹ̀dó ímàvbì óyí íkégbó áfọ̀, ònì wá tọ́ ví ítéré Ósósọ̀ vbí èkhẹ̀. ̀A kpárògí ìmhè ónà vbí óní àkànyà ónà. Ànì mínẹ̀ khí, á khì dà yẹ́ á khí lò ìvìvbèkhè óyí Yorùbá, Ẹ̀dó ímàvbì óyí óbhò, ẹ́dẹ́vbàkhọ̀ kẹ, ítéré Ósósọ̀ tààrà í né fua. Áwí íbíá Ósósọ̀ á máà ró sé àfẹ̀ gwé àní íbíá á kpẹ́ vbí ékhẹ̀ sé nà pẹ̌, wà dhí nè itéré Ósósọ̀ tààrà.
Ósósọ̀, a minor Ẹdoid language, currently lacks a standardized writing system. When the need for literacy arises, the literate Ósósọ̀ indigenes often resort to an ad hoc mixture of the writing systems of Yoruba, Ẹdo and English languages to write in Ósósọ̀. This study investigates the phonological structure of Ósósọ̀ alongside the orthographic systems of these three languages. Its findings shows that the writing systems of these languages, singularly or combined, cannot adequately represent the sound system of Ósósọ̀.
Source: Ósósọ̀ Orthography: A Proposal, by Agnes Temitope Legbeti. 2024.
Information about Ososo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ososo_language
https://journalofwestafricanlanguages.org/downloads/download/148-volume-51-number-1/816-ososo-orthography-a-proposal
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/osos1238
https://www.naijschools.com/interesting-facts-about-the-people-of-ososo-ethnic-group/
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Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 26.03.25. Last modified: 26.03.25
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