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Posted: **2017-09-11, 4:19**

melski wrote:Vijayjohn, do you know them ?

Nope!

Ogba(h) a.k.a. Olu Ogba is an Igboid language like Igbo and Ika. This is a highlife/Afro-Funk song (highlife is basically a type of music originally associated with the Ghanaian aristocracy) from Nigeria called "Omhelolo" sung by Christy Ogbah. I'm guessing maybe this is in Ogba, but I can't tell for sure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixq48QGPd14

Posted: **2017-09-15, 2:34**

Engenni is an Edoid language from the Delta subgroup; I've never posted anything from this particular subgroup within Edoid even though I've posted lots of songs in Edoid languages before (mostly on the minority languages songs thread). This is a GRN clip in Engenni with a song beginning at 2:54:

http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C13940

Posted: **2017-09-23, 10:24**

Girių Dvasios, 'Spirits of [primeval] Forests' - Gydantis Lietus, 'Healing Rain'.

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Posted: **2017-09-25, 4:03**

Epie a.k.a. Epie-Atissa is another language from the Delta subgroup of the Edoid languages. Unlike Engenni, which is spoken both in Rivers State and in Bayelsa State (which was separated was Rivers State; both are located on the southern coast of Nigeria), Epie is only spoken in Bayelsa State. This is a clip from an Epie festival also known as Obuenim Epie. The singing begins one minute in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b57XUN3-Kk

Posted: **2017-09-25, 20:04**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng-_g2kp9EY

Posted: **2017-09-26, 3:25**

Ogbia is the most widely spoken Central Delta language (the Central Delta languages are a subgroup within Cross River, which in turn is supposed to be a subgroup within Benue-Congo). It's spoken in Bayelsa State like Epie is. I'm not absolutely sure whether this clip is in this language, but I'm guessing it is. It's a video from Christmas 2001 celebrating the person who uploaded it coming back to his village, which is called Otuogidi and is located within the Ogbia Local Governement Area in Bayelsa. The singing starts around 3:54:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4utMTuo6dY

Posted: **2017-09-29, 11:38**

Anders Ilar - Above grey is blue: http://youtu.be/2l9Cv9TO9pk

Posted: **2017-09-30, 6:03**

Southeast Ijo is an Ijaw language spoken in southern Nigeria. Wikipedia claims there are two dialects of Southeast Ijo; one is Nembe a.k.a. Nimbe, and the other is Akassa a.k.a. Akaha. However, Nembe is the only one so far that I've managed to find a song in. This is a song in Nembe about unity by an artist named Amadanyo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_hdvtVB8MQ

Posted: **2017-09-30, 6:49**

https://youtu.be/_6xCWtebWDE

Posted: **2017-09-30, 6:58**

Kalabari is another Ijaw language spoken in Rivers State (unlike Southeast Ijo, which is spoken in neighboring Bayelsa State). It's apparently the Ijaw language with the most documentation as well. This is a traditional song and dance performed by the women of Abonnema, a town where Kalabari is spoken. The dance is apparently called Iribo. Singing begins at 1:54:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DUeulc7sNs

Posted: **2017-10-07, 2:42**

Odual is a highly underdocumented Central Delta language that is apparently very closely related to Abua (see what is currently one of the minority languages songs thread). This GRN clip that's apparently in Odual begins with a song:

http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C14521

Posted: **2017-10-09, 8:10**

https://youtu.be/oZj27xlw6PA

Posted: **2017-10-11, 5:29**

Ikwer(r)e is an Igboid language, closely related to Igbo, Ika, and Ogba and spoken in Rivers State. The only Igboid languages that I haven't posted any songs yet form a dialect cluster, though I probably won't post anything in them for quite a while (since it's just barely started to get cold here now). This is an Ikwerre cultural dance accompanied by singing that is also presumably in Ikwerre, performed by the Tufiakwa Musical Club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7hlJGFbCNg

Posted: **2017-10-19, 13:55**

Ryonkt (Ryo Nakata) - The Night Of A Quiet Forest:

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Posted: **2017-10-21, 3:37**

The Lower Cross River languages are another branch of the Cross River languages of Rivers State in Nigeria. Obolo is the most divergent member of the Lower Cross River language group. This is a GRN recording that's supposedly in Obolo with a song beginning at 3:32:

http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C14711

Posted: **2017-10-21, 7:36**

A song in Mongolian (Khalkha) called Оройтсон бороо, 'Late Rain'.

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Posted: **2017-10-21, 7:47**

Khana is the most prestigious of the Ogoni languages, which are another branch of the Cross River languages. I posted a GRN clip in Gokana, which is fairly closely related to Khana, but Khana seems to have more speakers. Most songs I can seem to find in Khana seem to be evangelical songs. This is an "Ogoni video"; it's a song, and I'm guessing it's in Khana, but it's not clearly evangelical or anything (which is why I picked it!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9cNtE2VkS0

Posted: **2017-10-24, 22:59**

Model - Sen Ona Aşıksın

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmYbyBP4k60

Posted: **2017-10-27, 4:00**

Ibibio is perhaps the Lower Cross River language with the highest number of speakers and is commonly used as a trade language in the area where it's spoken, namely southern Nigeria. It has apparently also influenced the languages of African slaves in the Americas and their descendants; for example, many Atlantic creoles have a term buckra for a white person that apparently comes from Ibibio mbakara. This is a love song (I think a Nigerian pop song) in Ibibio called "Afô ke-edi" with subtitles in English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnJB2vB1Tgg

Posted: **2017-11-10, 19:38**

Lemon Joy - Прекрасное далёко
(Prekrasnoe dalёko)

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