As the title says, what's the most urban-sounding/upmarket vs. the most unrefined, rural-sounding dialect in your native tongue?

For me, Igbo - Onitsha (classiest), Nsukka/Ebonyi (bushiest). I no sabi which one is bushier between the Izzi-Ezza cluster of Ebonyi and the Waawa of rural Enugu. They both sound horrible and both are equally unintelligible to mainstream Igboland.

Wawu.

Yoruba: Oyo/Ibadan - classiest
Ijebu - bushiest

I stand to be corrected.

RedboneSmith:
Wawu.

Na your style to grab first to comment abi?

Probz:
As the title says, what's the most urban-sounding/upmarket vs. the most unrefined, rural-sounding dialect in your native tongue?

For me, Igbo - Onitsha (classiest), Nsukka/Ebonyi (bushiest). I no sabi which one is bushier between the Izzi-Ezza cluster of Ebonyi and the Waawa of rural Enugu. They both sound horrible and both are equally unintelligible to mainstream Igboland.

For me,I think Nsukka always gets the hard end in issues like this. Their dialect is miles ahead of what you get in Ebonyi(Abakiliki). Then again some dialects in Southern Igboland make me go like...

iSlayer:


For me,I think Nsukka always gets the hard end in issues like this. Their dialect is miles ahead of what you get in Ebonyi(Abakiliki). Then again some dialects in Southern Igboland make me go like...

I spent 5 years in Nsukka, funny enough I didn't find the dialect too hard to understand. As a fresh person to the Nsukka area in 2007, my comprehension ability was at about 75% to 80%. Also, the Nsukka dialect spoken in the township tends to be less 'concentrated' or a lil centralized compared to the dialects of the interior, this I guess is due to the presence and convergence of other Igbo speakers in the town.

Someone once said here before, as a nwafor born and bred in the east, you'd be able to understand, at least, other Igbo dialects to a satisfactory extent. He may be right.

bigfrancis21:


I spent 5 years in Nsukka, funny enough I didn't find the dialect too hard to understand. As a fresh person to the Nsukka area in 2007, my comprehension ability was at about 75% to 80%. Also, the Nsukka dialect spoken in the township tends to be less 'concentrated' or a lil centralized compared to the dialects of the interior, this I guess is due to the presence and convergence of other Igbo speakers in the town.

Someone once said here before, as a nwafor born and bred in the east, you'd be able to understand, at least, other Igbo dialects to a satisfactory extent. He may be right.

I'll have to concur with that. On many occasions,dialects I found difficult with my comprehension as low as 30% was still somewhat clear to my uncles and aunts. It was and is still a mystery how they understand what is being said.

iSlayer:


For me,I think Nsukka always gets the hard end in issues like this. Their dialect is miles ahead of what you get in Ebonyi(Abakiliki). Then again some dialects in Southern Igboland make me go like...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z61yLauy7U

Abakaleke and Nsukka sound nearly alike. I can barely tell which is which.