Ebira-English Dictionary

This work is a culmination of over 25 years processes by Yusuf Ozi Usman, an ace journalist, author, and teacher. It started as a pastime thing in 1986, and eventually snowballed into the production of the first-ever published Ebira-English Dictionary in the history of the Ebira nation. It must be acknowledged, however, that one Malam Adabara attempted in the '70s to produce Ebira Dictionary but it did not go beyond the manuscript.

The first edition of this standard version was completed, published, and publicly presented in Kano in 1998. It was embraced by Ebira scholars, traditional institutions, and those who came across it.

This is the official digital version of the STANDARD EBIRA-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Its hardcopy was officially presented on 11th December 2021 in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

This digital version contains the following:

* About 4,000 head words, most of them enriched with sentence examples, to make the understanding of the language vivid.

* Brief History of Ebira

* Names of the 12 months of a calendar year in Ebira

* Counting in Ebira

* Common greetings in Ebira

* Names of domestic animals in Ebira

* Names of common diseases in Ebira

* Names of colours in Ebira

* Names of parts of body in Ebira

* Counting Nigeria’s currency in Ebira

* Parts of speech (nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, etc) are placed in the headwords for the users to know the part of speech each word should play in a given sentence.

* Tone marks ( ́ ̀ ̂ ̂ ̌ ̃) are indicated on the head words and sentence examples for none Ebira speakers, and the Ebira speakers to be able to differentiate words that look similar.

* There are also over 600 names that are native/indigenous to Ebira, to spice up the Dictionary.

* Six consulting editors (David Jowith, an Associate Professor of English and European Languages at the Bayero University, Kano; Late Mamman Okikiri, a renowned scholar and teacher in Ebira Language for over 40 years; Late Ustaz Yoonus Abdullahi, (Former Grand Khadi of Kogi State) and author of some publications in Ebira Language; Sadiq Yahaya, a renowned educationist, and literary critic; Lawan J. Ozovehe, Chairman/Coordinator, Centre for Ebira Studies, Federal College of Education, Okene, Kogi State; and Emman Otu-Adeku Omadivi, Public Relations Consultant and advocate of proper documentation of history of Ebira as a tribe and as a group.

* The dictionary works ONLINE and OFFLINE. I.e no internet connection is required after the app download, especially the premium version. So you can carry this dictionary with you everywhere in your cell phone for use when you have no internet connection.

* Easy and Friendly user interface.

* It’s lightweight with smooth scrolling

* First-ever Ebira to English Digital Dictionary in the market

* Ability to share word(s) with friends and families

* Ability to bookmark your favorite words for easy remembrance

* Comes with a user guide for easy understanding of words

* Ability to increase text size without the need for reading aide

* Scrolling Index - lets you browse the entire dictionary

* Can search words in either Ebira or English

* Fastest Ebira to English dictionary in the market.

* Ideal for professionals, students, and academics, as well as anyone who needs a comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of the contemporary Ebira to English at work or at home.

* The most comprehensive coverage of Ebira dictionary everywhere it’s spoken.

* We are working hard to add more interesting features for easy learning

* It is regularly updated by our dedicated team of developers.