Ifygurl:

I don't know who Ukwuani are but judging by the name "ukwuani", i'll say they are igbo. Afterall, the word "ukwuani" is an igbo word.

$osisi:

Their non Igbo name is kwale

Ifygurl:

grafikdon

I'm igbo but i call plate efele. So using that didn't prove anything. Each igbo state use a different dialect than others. I know i can never understand anything delta igbo's say but can understand what anambra and enugu people say.
I have an aunt from imo state and i have a hard time understand half of the stuff she says. Different dialects

grafikdon:

I am not sure we are on the same page here. I am well aware of the numerous dialectical differences in Igbo language. My post (I believe the one you referred to) was a correction to TRACK's erroneous illustration that spoon is "Nganji" in Igbo while plate if "Afare".

Perhaps you should be telling him that using those words to show that Ukwuani are not Igbo did not help his argument, since the standard Igbo word for spoon is ngazi/ngaji while efele/efere stands for plate.

udezue:

Awka say Nwanya
Most Igbos say Nwanyi
Ngwa say Nwami
"FEMALE"

udezue:

Owerri ppl say Onini?
Ikwere say Okini?
Most Igbos say Ogini?
Awka say Odunnu?
[Ika say Kini]
"WHAT?"

Afikpo - Abakiliki ppl say Njokwa
Most Igbos say Ndeewo
[Ika same]
"WELCOME"

Anioma or Western say Okolo
Eastern  Igbo say Okoro

Awka say Nwanya
Most Igbos say Nwanyi
Ngwa say Nwami
[Ika say Ọkpọhó]
"FEMALE"

Ossai famous:

the french and spanish language are similar but not the same
the ukwani language can be similar to the Igbo, but not the same language,
there are differences,

udezue:

Another silly thread by some comfused Igbo from Delta state. Ukwuani is not Igbo? lol Yet Ukwuani is an Igbo word.

CHINYEM, Dont expect Track to answer those questions coz its either he doesn't even know anything about his Ukwuani or Igbo or he knows that by answering you he will expose his ignorance.

I'm Awka and we say Efele just like Ukwuani so lets declare Awka an ethnic group?
I'm also Arochukwu and in Aro we say "Avam za" while other Igboid people say depending on their area and state say "Afam bu", Aham bu", "Aham wu" for "My name is". We bare some Ibibio sounding names just like Ukwuani bare some Bini sounding names due to proximity.

Owerri ppl say Onini?
Ikwere say Okini?
Most Igbos say Ogini?
Awka say Odunnu?
"WHAT?"

Afikpo - Abakiliki ppl say Njokwa
Most Igbos say Ndeewo
"WELCOME"

Anioma or Western say Okolo
Eastern  Igbo say Okoro

Awka say Nwanya
Most Igbos say Nwanyi
Ngwa say Nwami
"FEMALE"


If Ukwuani is not an Igbo name then u aint Igbo but as long the name Ukwuani na Igbo you are Igbo. It means Upperland.

Nde Ukwuani / Ndi Ukwuani

Useless thread. Close it biko

Ossai famous:

the french and spanish language are similar but not the same
the ukwani language can be similar to the Igbo, but not the same language,
there are differences,

ChinenyeN:

Andre, I'm not sure that the Yoruba comparison makes much of a difference, in this case, and besides, the "similar and not the same" argument is rather legitimate. So I don't understand how you can really honestly say that their exhibiting stupidity, by stating such.

Ossai famous:

the french and spanish language are similar but not the same
the ukwani language can be similar to the Igbo, but not the same language,
there are differences,

chyz:

You cant just group every body east of the river's language as Igbo and your own ukwuani. It makes no sense and it is idiotic. Saying that ukwuani is similar to Igbo suggest that all the "Igbo"language, tones, and words are the same and not one word is spoken by one group of "Igbo" that the other group cant understand, that is a laughable lie. And since that is the case if you group all the people east of the river as Igbo than you might as well include yourself because with what i just explained it makes you no different from the rest of the "Igbo" groups. So with that said, with your bias comment, you've just proved that you are Igbo.

binjahbo:

Another thread that start off as a question and end with silly idiotic folks claiming land as their own, due to language similarities. Please before you (igbo's) consume the identities of all ethnic minorities of this great nation and employ you to go study the history of these parts before claiming these parts as igbo. If you are from Kwale, and want to be recognized as an igbo man, well more grease to your elbow. For the rest of us that still want to keep our heritage and identity, I will kindly ask you to refer to me as a Kwale man, NOT AN IGBO MAN. Simples,

I WILL SHOW YOU NO RESPECT IF YOU CONTINUE TO CALL ME A MONKEY WHEN INFACT I AM A GORILLA.