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Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by plaetton: 10:45pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Ishilove:Yes dearie, and you? |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by MbaanabaraAgu(m): 10:49pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Iluv: Owumagala or Owumagalaba, depending on ur side of Igbo. Dalu |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by MbaanabaraAgu(m): 10:59pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
PerfectlyPerfect: Dalu. But it is Igbo and not Ibo,Ibo is actually a derogatory word oda tribes uses to address us, pls dont accept that. We are Igbos not Ibos. Udo diri gi |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by PerfectlyPerfect(m): 11:03pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
MbaanabaraAgu: Ndo nwanne m. O wu ekwe nti m deghariri ya Ibo 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Scholes007(m): 11:06pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
PerfectlyPerfect:YOU are lying there is no south eastern town/city that use English as their major communication tool... if you speak English there you will Likely be responded back 2 in English. note most people are not fluent in English especially in commercial areas they will likely mix Igbo with English if you engage them in a long conversation in English but will speak flawlessly in Igbo... Nwa nna ka m nyere nwa nne m aka juo gi, ole mgbe iladebere ulo ikpeazu? (in case you didn't understand i asked when last did you come back home?) 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Ishilove: 11:09pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
plaetton:Proudly Ukwuani |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by PerfectlyPerfect(m): 11:13pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Scholes007: Onye m, ghota ihe m na ekwu. Ndi NNE na ndi nna na akuziri Umu ha bekee tupu ha akuziere ha igbo 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by PerfectlyPerfect(m): 11:16pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Ishilove: I think we're just generally becoming more white than the white man |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by PerfectlyPerfect(m): 11:21pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Gamesmart: That's the thing. Most children nowadays don't use theirbigbo names any more. Its always blessing or favor or precious. Wot happened to Ngozi or Amarachi or Olaedo 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Scholes007(m): 11:24pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
PerfectlyPerfect:onwere ike ya adi otu ahu na ufodu ebe ma odighi otu ahu n'otutu ebe...ndi na emekewe ihe a ikwuru bu ndi bi na ala Yoruba okacha-nke lagos ma o bu na-ala bekee |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by plaetton: 11:29pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Ishilove:Hhhhmnm! |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by MbaanabaraAgu(m): 11:30pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
donifez: Nwanne ji sie ike. O buru na i choro i muta ka esi asu igbo, i ga agba mbo i hu na ndi ezi na ulo unu (family) na asuru gi asusu Igbo mgbe obula. O buru na i hu onye o bula bu onye Igbo, subara ya Igbo, ekwekwala ka onye Igbo suoro gi bekee, o buru na ime nke a oge nile, i ga amuta ka esi asu igbo na mgbe na adighi anya. Dalu ri nne |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by PerfectlyPerfect(m): 11:30pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Scholes007: You got a point there shaa. And it's compounded by the fact that pidgin is now the unofficial lingua franca of Nigeria. Every market woman can speak it, especially in the south. |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by PerfectlyPerfect(m): 11:31pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Scholes007: You got a point there shaa. And it's compounded by the fact that pidgin is now the unofficial lingua franca of Nigeria. Every market woman can speak it, especially in the south. And a wu m ezigbo nwa afo igbo |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by plaetton: 11:32pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
MbaanabaraAgu:Correct. |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by inspbado(m): 11:35pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
in my own opinion, I think the solution to first solving this problem is identifying your cultural identity and embracing it fully. I'm yoruba and you hardly see a yoruba person bear a foreign name. We bear our indigenous names with pride. In fact nowadays, most yoruba parents specifically look for "conk" yoruba names to give their child(ren) at birth, hardly do you see a yoruba man bear a foreign name. In my family(immediate and extended) none of us has foreign middle names as it is the usual practice amongst a lot of family in our contemporary society. However, same cannot be said of many igbo folks; you see igbo men and women proudly bear Anglicized names (peter, Ben, Paul, Catherine etc) and many would even "funklize" their names to sound Behind eg "genny" "chinny" "emmy"etc. And sorry to say this( because it might come across as being patronising or insulting, but please I mean no offence) but many igbo folks are insecure. I know of one igbo lady, she works in a top bank in Lagos, she speaks yoruba more than I do and refers to fellow igbos as "those people"!!! Another example was when I was in the university in Ogun state, I knew this guy nicknamed "sienna" it was in my final year that I got to know he was igbo. The darn guy spoke yoruba and had yoruba mannerisms like no other. And to cap it all, he couldn't speak one word of igbo to save his life!! So I really think the igbos should embrace their cultural identity more, although that's not to say they should isolate themselves from other cultures, but then, you've to be proud of who you are and where you come from. Shalom (sorry for the long epistle 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by PerfectlyPerfect(m): 11:36pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
Scholes007: O by eziokwu mana ihe m na ahu ugbua bu na ndi NNE na ebu ezo kuziere Umu ha bekee tupu ha akuziere ha Igbo. Ihe a adighi mma |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Nobody: 11:43pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
I feel ashamed of your type, if my uncle kids who were born in the States could understand and speak Igbo then I find it shameful for man man born and raised in Nigeria jblessed:be proud of whom you are and make sure you pass the language to your next generation. Udo |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by isan(m): 11:47pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
ChristyG:u dey take igbo matter serious? 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by bigfrancis21: 12:12am On Mar 04, 2015 |
Dani4tech: Ochi Egbugo m (OEM). 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by bigfrancis21: 12:14am On Mar 04, 2015 |
Ishilove: You're Igbo? |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Olufemiolaolu(m): 12:41am On Mar 04, 2015 |
If u ask me op, igbo language is already dead. I have an igbo neighbour dat her children cudnt speak d igbo @ all. This is evident in non existence of igbo local movie. Majority of u igbo are not proud 2 speak ur language. My uncle who lives in d States children cud speak fluent yoruba, even though they havent been 2 Nigeria b4. Ndi igbo ogini? wake up from ur inferiority slumber, because a man who knows his root not is 4ever doomed. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by knowledgeable: 2:09am On Mar 04, 2015 |
iiiyyyk: Don't mind these confused people. Igbos who left the shores of Nigeria at 14 yrs, but are now over 50yrs are still speaking complete Igbo. The mixing of English before he left and 35yr spent out side hasn't altered a thing. |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by ojosegun2011(m): 2:13am On Mar 04, 2015 |
So many Nigerian languages. |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Ishilove: 3:44am On Mar 04, 2015 |
bigfrancis21:Err, it's rather complicated... Us Ukwuani are going through some major league identity crisis. We are divided as to where we truly belong. While a lot of folks like my brethren don't want to be identified as igbo, others have accepted that Ukwuani are igbos. But me, where do I think I belong? Well, we're for the most part, Igbo in origin. In origin. In origin. Yes, in origin... 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Ishilove: 3:45am On Mar 04, 2015 |
plaetton: |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by bigfrancis21: 4:57am On Mar 04, 2015 |
Ishilove: Nice, then. |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Ishilove: 5:05am On Mar 04, 2015 |
bigfrancis21:Ayup |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by bigfrancis21: 5:28am On Mar 04, 2015 |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Ishilove: 5:30am On Mar 04, 2015 |
bigfrancis21:Seen and replied. |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by Nobody: 6:55am On Mar 04, 2015 |
Ishilove: Forgive my prying, but what's your home town in Ukwuani? I only ask because one Revd Okolugbo whose work I came across not so long ago, claimed that Ukwuani communities are for the most part Bini in origin. |
Re: Igbo Language And Its Downward Trend by hotwax: 7:00am On Mar 04, 2015 |
When CUbans , Brazillians, and Jamaican learning Yoruba language. Yoruba Language is a house hold language in Togo, Cote devior. I am a proud Amala man. |
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