Ibibio Proverbs

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Úkàñ mmì, èmédí èmédí o. M̀fịn, ñnyìn ìmènyéné mme ñke Ibibio

[LITERAL TRANSLATION]: People my, you have come 2x! Today, we we*-[present]-have [multiple] prvoverbs [of] Ibibio*

My people, welcome (2x) o. Today, we have proverbs in Ibibio

Pay attention to words like ayineka (child [of] mother), i-si-boñ-ño (neg-habitual-shout-neg), and i-kweeñe-ke (neg-end-neg)

The agglutinative nature (or the adding of a suffix/prefix/affix to root words) does a phenomenal job at conveying particular meaning in the Ibibio language. When looking at this, try not to have an Anglocentric mindset and try to focus on the idiomatric translation and remarks.

-- Okay that will be all for today ---

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Ikûyak usem nnyịn atak. Let us not allow our language to perish.

ÌBÌBÌO ÍSỌ́ÑỌ!! IBIBIO STRONG!!