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ESAN LANGUAGE NOTES

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Engr. MATHEW ODIANOSEN EGBELE

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The content of this page is dedicated to the Esan language learners and enthusiasts. Since there is no Esan language keyboard manufactured at present, we must configure the available to use in other to accommodate the special Esan characters or letters that are not inclusive in the English keyboard. This when configured would allow fast and seamless word processing of the many words in Esan language that have the so integrated characters. Enjoy! (Bha aghọn ghọn)

HOW TO ASSIGN Ẹ ẹ Ọ ọ TO THE KEYBOARD ON YOUR LAPTOP OR COMPUTER.

(Assigning Ẹ ẹ Ọ and ọ to the keyboard would enable beginners and those that are new to the Esan language to type those special letters or characters easily when processing the Esan language on the computer, these characters would have to be assigned or configured on the English keyboard for flexibility.)

Procedure

1. Go to Microsoft word

2. Click on Insert on the Menu

3. Click on Symbol

4. Click on more symbols

5. Scroll down on the table and search for the symbols that best represent Ẹ ẹ Ọ ọ

6. Create the short keys as follows:

i) Look for the best match for Ẹ and click on it

ii) Click on Short Key

iii) With the cursor on the new short key column, type the short key that you might want to use...for me, I used the Ctrl + 1 key. (That means pressing the Ctrl and the 1 keys simultaneously) iv) Click on Assign

v) Then close.

7. Go back to 6 and create a short key for ẹ Ọ and ọ respectively. As for me, I assigned Ẹ to Ctrl + 1, ẹ to Ctrl + 2, Ọ to Ctrl +3 and ọ to Ctrl + 4 as stated below

N: B

Ẹ = Ctrl + 1

ẹ = Ctrl + 2

ọ = Ctrl + 3

Ọ = Ctrl + 4

8. Finally, save your work.

9. Therefore, whenever you need to type Esan words and alphabets, simply open a page in Microsoft word and begin to type in Esan.

10. Good luck!

TYPING THE DESIRED ESAN WORD Ẹ ẹ Ọ ọ with your smart phone keyboard.

Alternatively, you can add the Vietnamese Language to your list of Languages in settings. Procedure: 1. Go to settungs 2. Click on Languages & inputs 3. Add Vietnamese Language to the list. 4. Save the settings.

You would then be able to alter or switch between keyboard types by clicking the global logo and changing the keyboard type to Vietnamese before typing the letters Ẹ ẹ Ọ ọ

During the typing of Esan words, just click on E, e or O, o and hold on to it for few seconds then choose the desired word or letter that best represent your word from the lists of options in Esan Language. This method is very good for typing the needed Esan word or letter with the smart phone.

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Esan alphabets

alphabets in Esan language a b d e ẹ f g h i j k l m n o ọ p r s t u v w y z

Notice that c q and x are missing because they are rarely used in Esan language

EBA RẸ TIỌLE BHE EBE ESAN YẸ (PRONOUNCIATION OF ESAN LETTERS AND WORDS)

ah bi di e ẹ fi gi hi i ji ki li mi ni o pi ri si ti u vi wi yi zi

The Esan alphabets could be followed by any of the Esan vowels to form Esan words easily and are so pronounced.

!Esan letters pronunciation, examples and English meaning

a Letter a is pronounced as ah, example is aba meaning 'father'

b is pronounced as bi, example is bela meaning 'what'

d is pronounced as di, example is dọle meaning 'buy'

e is pronounced as 'a' or eh example is ebale, meaning 'food'

f is pronounced as fi, example fẹkẹle, meaning        gently'

g is pronounced as gi, example 'gagale' meaning 'take care'

h is pronounced as hi, example is "hẹre' meaning 'bring'

i is pronounced as e, example is 'ilolo' meaning 'song'

j is pronounced as g/ji, example is 'jele' meaning 'send'

k is pronounced as ke/ki, example is kẹ mu ke meaning 'start early'

l is pronounced as li, example is 'lọle', ale, meaning 'eat'

m is pronounced as mi, example is mure meaning 'bring'

n is pronounced as ni, example is nenan, meaning 'follow here'

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CAPITAL AND SMALL LETTERS IN ESAN LANGUAGE EBE NỌN NẸ BI ỌNI KHERE BHE ESAN

A = A nọ nẹ (Capital letter A)

a = a ni khere (Small letter a)

B = B nọ nẹ (Capital letter B)

b = b ni khere (Small letter b)

D = D nọ nẹ (Capital letter D)

d = d ni khere (Small letter d)

E = E nọ nẹ (Capital letter E)

e = e ni khere (Small letter e)

Ẹ = Ẹ nọ nẹ (Capital letter Ẹ)

ẹ = ẹ ni khere (Small letter ẹ)

F f G g H h

I= I nọ nẹ (Capital letter I)

i = i ni khere (Small letter i)

J j

K k

L l M m N n

O = O nọ nẹ (Capital letter O)

o = o ni khere (Small letter o)

Ọ = Ọ nọ nẹ (Capital letter Ọ)

ọ = ọ nọ ni khere (Small letter ọ)

P p

R r

S s

T t

U = U nọ nẹ (Capital letter U)

u = u ni khere (Small letter u)

V = V nọ nẹ (Capital letter V)

v = v ni khere (Small letter v)

W = W nọ nẹ (Capital letter W)

w = w ni khere (Small letter w)

Y = Y nọ nẹ (Capital letter Y)

y = y ni khere (Small letter y)

Z = Z nọ nẹ (Capital letter Z)

z = z ni khere (Small letter z)

Esan vowels a e ẹ i o ọ u

Esan double letter words Many Esan learners do not know how to pronounce Esan double letters.

bh gb gh kh kp mh sh yn

For example, bh.....as in Ibhade (I didn't fall) gb....as in Ugbo (farm)

gh...as in Igho (money)

kh as in Okhuo (woman)

kp as in Akpu (fermented casava)

mh as in Amhẹn (wife) Ọmhẹn (enough) or (good)

sh as in Asha (ice)

yn as in Eynian (yam)

So on and so forth