odumchi:



My dialect is Arochukwu. I often find myself having to
Think twice to decipher the type of Igbo spoken by the Ngwa or those on the extremes of Igboland as you pointed out. But despite the dialect, I believe every dialect is wonderful and must be preserved.

vicenzo:

You are right,every igbo dialect is unique and wonderful,for example,i don't fancy owerre dialect,but i am a big fan of oriental brothers,the owerre dialect is so good in music,even though i don't really understand all they say,and i love ikwerre dialect too,especially the brand used by duncan mighty in the song ''jesus bu eze'' oh! I love the way the asaba man says "wa" rather than fa.
Aro dialect is easy to understand,i have a friend who hails from ugwuavo arochukwu,i understand 100% of what he says,when talking with the parents.

odumchi:

Yes The likes of Sunny Bobo and the Oriental brothers make Owerre Igbo sweet to the ear. In Sunnys songs he often uses "Yoma" instead of "Lotta or Lossa" which adds to the mystery of the Owerre tongue. As for me, Ngwa and Aba Igbo is like a whole other language. If you're speaking with an Aba native who's been influenced by the native style, you have to open your ears.

And yes Aro Igbo is wonderful. What a small world we live in. Aro has it's own mysteries too because every village (19) has it's own special style of saying certain words. For example people from ugwuakuma say "ande" instead of "ayinde" (us). One can spend a lifetime studying the Igbo language.

odumchi:

Yes The likes of Sunny Bobo and the Oriental brothers make Owerre Igbo sweet to the ear. In Sunnys songs he often uses "Yoma" instead of "Lotta or Lossa" which adds to the mystery of the Owerre tongue. As for me, Ngwa and Aba Igbo is like a whole other language. If you're speaking with an Aba native who's been influenced by the native style, you have to open your ears.

And yes Aro Igbo is wonderful. What a small world we live in. Aro has it's own mysteries too because every village (19) has it's own special style of saying certain words. For example people from ugwuakuma say "ande" instead of "ayinde" (us). One can spend a lifetime studying the Igbo language.

Ha ha yes it's very big, I think it's the third largest town in Abia state after Umuahia and Aba. And Obinkita is the largest village and the main business centre. I remember some time back their was an influx in robberies mainly around the banks in Obinkita and the police were called in. As for the shooting it might have been Christmas celebrations because everyone fires into the air lol. Yes the Arondizuogu was founded by a man called Izuogu from Arochukwu long ago. We both maintain our heritage as Aros. But yes there are alot of light-skinned people here and we take good care of our women. 

vicenzo:

Really, 19 villages? That is quite big,i only know of ugwuavo,ibom,obinkita and amankwu,obinkita youths can be violent,last time i went there in december 2009, they were causing trouble and were even shooting,my friend told me that arondizogu people in ideato imo state migrated from amankwu,there are lots of light skined people in arochukwu,and the girls are wow! Really, 19 villages? That is quite big,i only know of ugwuavo,ibom,obinkita and amankwu,obinkita youths can be violent,last time i went there in december 2009, they were causing trouble and were even shooting,my friend told me that arondizogu people in ideato imo state migrated from amankwu,there are lots of light skined people in arochukwu,and the girls are wow!

afam4eva: I know that Ohafia people say "Ole otu ime".

Odenigbo Aroli: I remember this thread; Umunnem,keduzi ka eke si anya anwu ? Aman na udo di ? Northern Igbo dey sweet sha. Deme nu !

EzeUche_: The Igbo dialects found in Ebonyi State are something I enjoy hearing, because I do not understand many things that they say when they speak in their dialect.

Sometimes, their dialect does not even sound Igbo. I find the Afikpo dialect very strange.

Abagworo:

Maybe you meant to compare the Southern Central Igbo(SCI) with the Northern Central Igbo(NCI).Dialects are too numerous to determine which one is spoken.Both Onitsha and Awka say "Ive" .

Ihe,Ive,Ife,Iye,Ihne,he,ha,hwe,ho,hwo are all different dialects.The NCI is "Ife" while the SCI is "Ihe".

I think the commerce and romance language is the NCI while the written Igbo embraces more of SCI.

ChinenyeN: "Ndii otu nnu" is not SCI.


No.

Afam4eva: Who can guess this dialect?

Ke ebe i ne je (where are you going to)

nadneth: My favourite Igbo is Onitsha and environs (Obosi,Oba,Ogidi etc). Check this out
Ke ife na eme i (what is wrong with you)
Gini na aso i (what is amusing you)

Nnewi Igbo is rather too heavy. O ngunu ka omelu (what has he done)
I love Owerri dialect in music though i dont comprehend more than 70% of what they sing!

Abagworo:


Many Southern Igbos are unaware of various dialects in Anambra and hence believe that the Igbo spoken in Onitsha same in the entire Anambra.Another interesting observation is that many Southern Igbos give names using the NCI except in few exceptions.

Such names as Ifeanyi,Ifeoma,Ifeyinwa,Nwora,Ifediora,Ozoemena rarely have the SCI versions of Iheanyi,Iheoma, Iheyinwa,Nwoha, Ihedioha,Ozoemela.It is mainly in Ikwerre that other versions are more popular like Hanyi,Homa,Woha etc.

Abagworo:


Cross River Igbos generally use "jookwa" or "Ka" as a general form of greeting.These include Item,Abiriba,Ohafia,Edda,Ehugbo,Ohaozara and more.The Ngwa say "mazi" while in Imo and Anambra you have variances of "Ajee","Deme","ooni","daalu","Ndewo" and more.

Dede1:
I love all the Igbo dialects from the hills to the coasts. Ndigbo had already secured a centralized language, hence, central Igbo.

Afam4eva:
I don't know whhy i just like hearinf people from Anambra speak. Their Igbo usually sounds like they're speaking English and the swag is another thing.

For example i prefer using Ife(Awka and other Anambra) or Ive(Onitsha) to Iye(Wawa) or Ihe(Central igbo, though i like this one too).

Which igbo dialects do u enjoy hearing or speaking.