The Okun people are a Yoruba speaking people found majorly in Kogi, but with settlements in Kwara, Ekiti, and Ondo states of Nigeria.[1] Their dialects are generally classified in the Northeast Yoruba language (NEY) grouping.[2] They are collectively called "Okun", which in Okun dialects could mean "Sorry", "Well-done", or as an all-encompassing greeting. Similarly, this form of greeting is also found among the Ekiti and Igbomina groups of Yoruba people.
Okun people speak varied Yoruba dialects such as Ikiri, Owé, Ìyàgbà, Addé, Bùnú and Ọwọrọ which are mutually intelligible to a great extent, and a large number of them speaking the Oyo Yoruba.[10] In recent times, there have been efforts into standardizing and reconciling the Okun dialects into a single language that is intelligible to all. The most notable of these efforts is the Okun Bible translated and published by the Bible Society of Nigeria in 2022.
Notable Okun People- Pius Adesanmi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pius_Adesanmi)
- Smart Adeyemi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Adeyemi)
- S. A. Ajayi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._A._Ajayi)
- Seth Sunday Ajayi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Sunday_Ajayi)
- Gbenro Ajibade (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gbenro_Ajibade)
- Darey Art Alade (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darey)
- Ibiyinka Alao (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiyinka_Alao)
- Etannibi Alemika (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etannibi_Alemika)
- Sammy Ameobi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Ameobi)
- Shola Ameobi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shola_Ameobi)
- Tolulope Arotile (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolulope_Arotile)
- Prof Dapo Folorunsho Asaju (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dapo_Folorunsho_Asaju)
- Sunday Awoniyi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Awoniyi)
- John Olatunde Ayeni (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Olatunde_Ayeni)
- Sunday Bada (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Bada)
- Yetunde Barnabas (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yetunde_Barnabas)
- TY Bello (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello)
- Tunde Baiyewu (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunde_Baiyewu)
- Joseph Abiodun Balogun (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Abiodun_Balogun)
- Nike Davies-Okundaye (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_Davies-Okundaye)
- Hon Abiodun Faleke (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiodun_Faleke)
- Jaywon (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywon)
- David Jemibewon (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jemibewon)
- Samuel Jemigbon (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Jemigbon)
- Eyitayo Lambo (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyitayo_Lambo)
- Dino Melaye (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Melaye)
- Prof Olufemi Obafemi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olufemi_Obafemi)
- John Obaro (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Obaro)
- Tunde Ogbeha (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunde_Ogbeha)
- Bayo Ojo (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayo_Ojo)
- Jide Omokore (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jide_Omokore)
- Cardinal John Onaiyekan (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Onaiyekan)
- Juwon Oshaniwa (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juwon_Oshaniwa)
- WizzyPro (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WizzyPro)