Community Where Women Can't Speak Same Language As Men
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- čas přidán 3. 03. 2013
- All over the world, differences exist between man and woman only by their sexes, but in the Ubang community in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State the dissimilarities have transcended genital organs, as the men have different words for communication from their women counterparts.
Call it the land of impossibilities both in tourism and in all facets of life and you would not be far from the truth. To some, it might be a mystery, to others a fairy tale, because you would not believe or have imagined that a community in Nigeria, which prides itself as the only one in the world have its people speaking two separate languages, the men speak separately from the women.
The beauty of it is that the man and the woman understand each other without inviting an interpreter, but the law is, the man must not be caught speaking the same language of a woman, vice-versa.
With no concrete documentation to how it evolved, some of the residents in the Ubang community, who spoke with Channels Television, appears to be proud of their ancestral heritage which according to them is as old as the community itself and it is second to none in the world.
According to them, this tradition, which they cannot challenge or change, forbids women from speaking the same language used by the male counterparts, is like a law which the people must obey at all costs.
In other words, in a home, the husband must speak a different language from the wife, while a man must find a way to communicate with his daughter and vice versa.
The Village head of the community, Joseph Aleinyang said in spite of the language dissimilarities amongst his kindred's Ubang since its inception has remained one of the most peaceful in the state, promoting communal living and are also the food basket of the state in terms of cocoa and other agricultural produce, but has remained in abject poverty due to its bad road network to transport its produce for better sales to the outer communities.
There is also a major challenge of employment among its youths, lack of access to portable drinking water as the only source of water supply to the entire community is a stream which requires long distance to access most especially, during the dry season.
There is still more mysteries that lies in the domain of the Ubang community which needs to be harnessed, one of the Ubang Mountains called Okwe Asirikwe, a gigantic rock bearing a supernatural foot print, which no one has been able to unravel the source, no human being living or dead had the size of the foot print, which makes residents believe that it was the foot print of God.
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No idea how I got to this video, but as an 18 year old white American, if someone were to tell me that this exists I would have bet my life that they were lying. This is such a profoundly alien yet immensely fascinating concept that I would never imagine in a million years.
Zack G welcome to Babel.
My God! Even as a Nigerian I cannot phantom such a fascinating tribe like this. I am amazed at this. Only time will tell how long this will last.
Olugbenga Olumide. Akanji it’s been there from time. It’s in Obudu in Cross River. I’m from Obudu but a different village from them. We also speak a different language from them.
The Interviewer is not a professional. Why is she asking the kids if they are happy? It is there culture, it does not subject women to hash treatments. They leave together in harmony as the video shows and they should be proud of their culture, they should also protect it. There is inequality in the work places of Lagos and London, that is a bigger problem than languages rooted in culture and tradition.
Hello, so proud to have stumbled on this video here on "CZcams" sphere. Imagine how excited I was to see familiar faces and family members! Anyways, correction: the difference between the men and women isn't in the language but in the dialect. What do I mean? According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, "a dialect is chiefly distinguished from other dialects of the same language by features of linguistic structure-i.e., grammar (specifically morphology and syntax) and vocabulary." "While language is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way and it is also the system of communication used by a particular community." While this is true, the Ubang language structure is the same but different in variation.
This is amazing
This is simply amazing!
This was 11yrs ago. It's amazing, but are they still speaking two different languages? Truly fascinating.
God is wonderful
I can't believe this! Different languages! And in Nigeria! I think I love it.
God is great!
Men should fear God.
Obudu, with their rocky ground, still have the best yam and best garri, best vegetable oil(palm oil) best beni-seed .
And they are hospitable.
Wow. Wonder whether this is still going on right now..
I thought this wasn't true until I came here to confirm.
This is amazing..
7 years ago and time is still moving..
Pls is this also in Nigeria?
Yes cross river State
God is great
Kim milyonerden gelenler burda mı
last i checked, cross river is in nigeria
Who said it wasn't?
No, males and females speak different languages in every culture
Which other culture do male and females speak different languages?
The head of this community should make living easier for the people by speaking one language.
What happened in a home without mother or father?
Are they complaining to you?
By the way, they have a general language called "mete"
@@josephrobert194 No, they are not complaining.
You must not die because of one aged tradition. I came a tribe with tradition, bit our elders always change some if it too hard on the people. You don't be hard at me but it's true.
awkward
milyonerden gelen beğensin
kız tüccar diycek görürsün :d
Wow this is awkward
No is not. Very advanced culture. You wil know the source of every sentences made.
@@felixota1889
How do you know the source?
timid people
Very ugly commenter YOU.
You say so because they don't look or behave as you do.Right ? You wrong and parocial.
Better than the western culture
You look stupid with your comment.