i haven't come across anyone.
have you met or seen anyone?

centurionpapa:
i haven't come across anyone.?
have you met or seen anyone

Why do we need to when Ibos are already speaking our language?

coolitempa:


Why do we need to when Ibos are already speaking our language?

Reason lagos is no man's land

coolitempa:


Why do we need to when Ibos are already speaking our language?

Are Yorubas aversed to learning igbo?

goodnessme1:
Reason lagos is no man's land

have you met anyone?

centurionpapa:
i haven't come across anyone.
have you met or seen anyone?

I have met many Yorubas who speak Igbo well and even know many Igbo proverbs.

I have met many Yorubas who speak Igbo well and even know many Igbo proverbs.

Goldencheese:


I have met many Yorubas who speak Igbo well and even know many Igbo proverbs.

happy to hear that.
the perception here is that Yorubas don't speak igbo.
so there are sizeable number of Yorubas living in the east i presume?

goodnessme1:
Reason lagos is no man's land

Go and borrow sense...It is no man's land but Ibos are learning Yoruba there The truth is that Ibos are all over our lands.....go to Molete in Ibadan and see your people....Ado Ekiti dem full there....Akure nko where the Eze ndigbo was publicly caned recently nko….it is like the SE has been abandoned.

centurionpapa:

Are Yorubas aversed to learning igbo?

We just don't consider it relevant...that's all.

centurionpapa:

happy to hear that.
the perception here is that Yorubas don't speak igbo.
so there are sizeable number of Yorubas living in the east i presume?

My friend's mother from Ijebu speaks Igbo well because she attended her secondary education in Owerri but lives in the South-West now.

Some who grew up in Igbo-dominated neighbourhoods also learnt to speak the language. For such, it gives them automatic passport to the Eastern heartland just like speaking Yoruba helps Igbo people too to enjoy many perks and benefits in the South-west.

centurionpapa:
have you met anyone?

They are not fast in learning.

Yes I’ve met a few who can speak Igbo. Not too many of them but there are some who can.

bigfrancis21:
Yes I’ve met a few who can speak Igbo. Not too many of them but there are some who can.

You Don come again, with your imaginary people and friends

bigfrancis21:
Yes I’ve met a few who can speak Igbo. Not too many of them but there are some who can.

Truthfully, there are Yoruba people who can actually speak Ibo language conveniently without problem simply because, some of were either born or lived their lives in the Southeast and at times, it is inquisitiveness to know that make them to learn it.

bigfrancis21:
Yes I’ve met a few who can speak Igbo. Not too many of them but there are some who can.

Yes it is true because, some do speak.

.

coolitempa:


Go and borrow sense...It is no man's land but Ibos are learning Yoruba there The truth is that Ibos are all over our lands.....go to Molete in Ibadan and see your people....Ado Ekiti dem full there....Akure nko where the Eze ndigbo was publicly caned recently nko….it is like the SE has been abandoned.

Lol.

I've lived in UNN(hostel).b4.

I understand igbo but can't speak it

Modified
Igbo is hard to speak, almost bite my tongue

Very rare, but they exist, Unlike the other way round i.e (Igbos that can speak Yoruba)
That is what I can say.

Sammy07:
I've lived in UNN(hostel).b4.

I understand igbo but can't speak it

Which tribe are you from?

bigfrancis21:


Which tribe are you from?

Yoruba nah (Ondo State)

Yes. There are small concentrations of Yoruba people here and there in the east, and some of them can speak Igbo.

There was a Yoruba boy in my class in secondary school (I went to UNSSEC in Enugu) who spoke perfect unaccented Igbo. I think his dad was a lecturer at UNN and he wrote the computer textbooks we used in school at the time. (I won't mention his last name, but if you schooled in Enugu you may already know his dad �).

My friend recently introduced me to his Yoruba tailor in Onitsha who can communicate effectively in Igbo, although he speaks it haltingly and with an accent.