My friend speaks fluent ebira and igbo and I hear some elements of igbo each time he speaks his language, is there any connection with igbo? Ebiras in the house, help me understand this phenomenon

willow0801:
My friend speaks fluent ebira and igbo and I hear some elements of igbo each time he speaks his language, is there any connection with igbo? Ebiras in the house, help me understand this phenomenon

part of Kogi, Benue and Edo still have Igbo in them.

Sorry Igbos have their cups full and is not interested in fighting your battle for you. OK

victorels:

part of Kogi, Benue and Edo still have Igbo in them.

Brother I know but how come ebira has igbo elements in it, are they closer culturally to the igbos than other ethnic groups?

Riensi:
Sorry Igbos have their cups full and is not interested in fighting your battle for you. OK

I'm igbo, by the way what do you mean?

willow0801:


Brother I know but how come ebira has igbo elements in it, are they closer culturally to the igbos than other ethnic groups?

Apart from the fulanis that migrated from somewhere into Nigeria, Every ethic group in Nigeria was one before civilization. Environment and challenges changed everything.

I do not know any ebira person to quiz but we are all connected.

Geographical closeness, mode of dressing, physical appearance and many more. The major differences is religion. The Ebiras tends to tilt towards the Hausa's because of religion. The Igbo's in Ebiraland have also become 'Ebiras' in disguise.

victorels:


Apart from the fulanis that migrated from somewhere into Nigeria, Every ethic group in Nigeria was one before civilization. Environment and challenges changed everything.

I do not know any ebira person to quiz but we are all connected.

You are correct but ebiras in the house, abeg make una quench my curiosity na

Realisticman:
Geographical closeness, mode of dressing, physical appearance and many more. The major differences is religion. The Ebiras tends to tilt towards the Hausa's because of religion. The Igbo's in Ebiraland have also become 'Ebiras' in disguise.

So you are saying ebiras are mostly muslims? Hmmm I didn't know brother

No link at all. Two extremes

Welll don't know about that, maybe if you could state words you heard in Ebira that seemed similar to igbo then we could assess. Ebira were part of the qwarafa kingdom till they migrated outwards some settling in nasarawa, abaji, plateau, benue, kogi, edo etc. The qwarafa kingdom was somewhere in taraba (not to sure about that) so culturally it may be far fetch to think there is elements of igbo in Ebira but though it is possible as when tribe interact there is a tendency to borrow words from each other. Like banana in ebira is the same word in Yoruba.

vedaxcool:
Welll don't know about that, maybe if you could state words you heard in Ebira that seemed similar to igbo then we could assess. Ebira were part of the qwarafa kingdom till they migrated outwards some settling in nasarawa, abaji, plateau, benue, kogi, edo etc. The qwarafa kingdom was somewhere in taraba (not to sure about that) so culturally it may be far fetch to think there is elements of igbo in Ebira but though it is possible as when tribe interact there is a tendency to borrow words from each other. Like banana in ebira is the same word in Yoruba.

You finally quenched my curiosity, Thanks... more elbows to your grease

If you talks about Ebira the majority elements was extracted from Hausa language due to religion that combine the two citizenship

willow0801:


You finally quenched my curiosity, Thanks... more elbows to your grease

Pleasure.

willow0801:



So you are saying ebiras are mostly muslims? Hmmm I didn't know brother

If not above 80%!

vedaxcool:
Welll don't know about that, maybe if you could state words you heard in Ebira that seemed similar to igbo then we could assess. Ebira were part of the qwarafa kingdom till they migrated outwards some settling in nasarawa, abaji, plateau, benue, kogi, edo etc. The qwarafa kingdom was somewhere in taraba (not to sure about that) so culturally it may be far fetch to think there is elements of igbo in Ebira but though it is possible as when tribe interact there is a tendency to borrow words from each other. Like banana in ebira is the same word in Yoruba.

I'm Ebira, from Okene, and you are very correct.

Ebira and all ethnic groups in southern Nigeria and north central belong to the kwa subgroup of the Niger-congo language stock. That is to say, they all have ones been togather in time past before migration and other factors place all ethnic where they are today.
There are certain yoruba words that sound the same with igbira word but have opposite meaning.
I have some igbira Friends whose middle names sound more igboish than igbira, but mean different thing entirely. Eg Onyeneku.

victorels:


Apart from the fulanis that migrated from somewhere into Nigeria, Every ethic group in Nigeria was one before civilization. Environment and challenges changed everything.

I do not know any ebira person to quiz but we are all connected.

One from where
Biko kwusi itu asi ebe a!

when I entered okene I thought I was in Igbo land. majority of them are fair skinned just like the IGBOS

willow0801:
My friend speaks fluent ebira and igbo and I hear some elements of igbo each time he speaks his language, is there any connection with igbo? Ebiras in the house, help me understand this phenomenon

we have no link with igbos. You can take your hypothesis to other tribe....

Ezemust:
when I entered okene I thought I was in Igbo land. majority of them are fair skinned just like the IGBOS

True! Stay in Okene 1 month and watch your skin colour change naturally. But ebira girls love tuning cream like their life depend on it. Especially hot movate or something

Cc : Danbrowndmf please, come tell us things you know about your tribe...thanx

Chilug:

True! Stay in Okene 1 month and watch your skin colour change naturally. But ebira girls love tuning cream like their life depend on it. Especially hot movate or something

but I still believed they are naturally fair skinned

willow0801:


Brother I know but how come ebira has igbo elements in it, are they closer culturally to the igbos than other ethnic groups?

ebira is a language inside kogi sate which is spoken by the 'OKENE' people. The last time i was reading some fact about kogi state..i saw that kogi state is the only state who share boundry with up 8states or so & most of these states are igbo states including; anambra,enugu e.t.c (i don 4get jare.) so inside kogi you can find people who speak 'Yoruba,hausa & a bit of igbo' That is why they are middle belt. (we dy confuse sef we know know where we dy.)







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Ezemust:
when I entered okene I thought I was in Igbo land. majority of them are fair skinned just like the IGBOS

go to my local government or igala u go see black people with tribal mark wey resemble electrical wire.

my brother there miggt be be a connection but it must be from igala,since they are our cousins,they might intermarriage or mix but no real connection,igbos already have enough cousins, e.g if am igbo and my cousin is igala,if igala mixes with ebira that dosent mean ebira is part of the family tree. If this is because of biafra,better get it out of ur mind,u should have it in mind that ebira is 70% related to yoruba. U dnt knw how reluctant we are to allow musilm majority tribe into biafra talkless of extra. So u are tellin me that the lagos local govemt called ejigbo is related,ha i laugh in swahili, Am sorry our cup is already overflowing,if u say ebira is related to igala then i might concur

idu1:
we have no link with igbos. You can take your hypothesis to other tribe....

It was only a question brother. mind you, you are inconsequential to me and the igbos at large.

Sorry to my ebira brothers, I only had to reply this bigot

cybertyrant:
my brother there miggt be be a connection but it must be from igala,since they are our cousins,they might intermarriage or mix but no real connection,igbos already have enough cousins, e.g if am igbo and my cousin is igala,if igala mixes with ebira that dosent mean ebira is part of the family tree. If this is because of biafra,better get it out of ur mind,u should have it in mind that ebira is 70% related to yoruba. U dnt knw how reluctant we are to allow musilm majority tribe into biafra talkless of extra. So u are tellin me that the lagos local govemt called ejigbo is related,ha i laugh in swahili, Am sorry our cup is already overflowing,if u say ebira is related to igala then i might concur

Not at all brother, I was only curious, remember we learn everyday.

dustmalik:

I'm Ebira, from Okene, and you are very correct.

Same here. Ta o

willow0801:


It was only a question brother. mind you, you are inconsequential to me and the igbos at large.

Sorry to my ebira brothers, I only had to reply this bigot

gerrarahere jor!!!

danbrowndmf:
go to my local government or igala u go see black people with tribal mark wey resemble electrical wire.

we are talking of ebira not Igala

Ezemust:
we are talking of ebira not Igala

am from ebira na...i still think we have many dark skin pple than light skin..depend on the area u went though...