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.
Gloss Olùkùmi Yorùbá Òwé Igala hand ọwọ́ ọwọ́ ọwọ́ ọ́wọ́ yam uṣu iṣu/uṣu uṣu/iṣu úchu body ara ara/ọra ọra ọ́la child ọma ọmọ ọmọ ọ́ma friend oluku olùkù olúku ónùkú woman obìnrin obìnrin obùnrin ọ́bùlẹ father ba bàbá baba àtá person ẹnẹ ẹni ọni ọ́nẹ̀ fire uná iná uná úná word ọ̀fọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ ọ̀là heart ẹdọ ọkàn ẹ̀kẹ̀dọ̀ ẹ̀dọ̀ pot ùṣà ìṣà ùṣà ùchà cow/meat ẹla malu/ẹran ẹlá ẹ́la old person arigbo arúgbo arígbó ògìjo rat eku eku eku íkélékwu carry gbe gbé gbe né eat zẹ jẹ jẹ jẹ colanut obì obì obì obì water omi omi omi ómi urine ìtọ̀ ìtọ̀ ìtọ̀ ìtọ̀ cotton òwú òwú òwú òwú stone òkúta òkúta òkúta òkwúta
References
Sources Arokoyo et al. 2022. Olùkùmi Living Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. https://livingdictionaries.app/olukumi/entries/list Eleshin, Alimot Folake. 2012. A comparative study of the morphosyntax of Olukumi and Standard Yorùbá: a minimalist approach. MA thesis, University of Ilorin. Okolo-Obi, Bosco. 2014. Aspects of Olukumi Phonology. MA thesis, Nsukka: University of Nigeria; 117pp. 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.