BENIN / ẸDO REVERENTIAL GREETING SYSTEM
                          │
             ┌────────────┴────────────┐
             │                         │
      AFTER-MEAL / SPECIAL       OTHER SPECIAL
         GREETING                 SOCIAL RESPONSES
             │                         │
      ┌──────┴──────┐              Gender distinction
      │             │              also recorded
    MALE          FEMALE
      │             │
   KADA          BUKPẸ
   (older        (older
   record)       record)
      │             │
      │             └─────── ? ──────── ẸRẸGHÌ GBUẸ
      │                              (later/living form)
      │
   KADA BU KPẸ
   (fuller form
   reported later)

Edomaye Legacy Foundation
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Edomaye Legacy Foundation preserves and promotes Edo language, culture, and heritage for learners and future generations. Through digital education, storytelling, and community programs, we ensure Edo traditions and knowledge are actively learned, celebrated, and passed on. Forward ever, backward never.

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