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Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Yeske2(m): 3:00am On Jul 31, 2011 |
ezeagu:Nice one ezeuche, i have always wondered the origin of most words we use in pidgin and i wont mind getting to know more @Ileke-idi, orisha used in Brazil(god) and (I)susu in Jamaica(interest-free banking) does not mean yoruba nor Igbo is spoken in both places |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Nobody: 3:00am On Jul 31, 2011 |
odumchi: Igbo spoken in Gabon and not in Cameroon? The last time i checked my map, to the east of Nigeria is Cameroon. Why is Igbo not spoken in Cameroon and is instead spoken in Gabon? sounds illogical to me, |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by odumchi: 3:02am On Jul 31, 2011 |
obo_man: I did not say that the Igbos had no kings, I said they had no[b] king[/b]. Igboland consisted of many independent kingdoms which were ruled by kings and a council of elders. No one man ever united all of Igboland since people preffered autonomy and coexistence. Many of these kingdoms became very promiemnt and wealthy. You should visit google or the library more often. Imformation is your friend. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by odumchi: 3:07am On Jul 31, 2011 |
obo_man: Igboland does not extend to the Nigerian border with Cameroun. Cameroun is made up of Bantu-languages. Igbo is spoken in Gabon because Gabon was a good ally of Biafra and supplied Biafra with, advice, resources, and arms. At the end of the war, a large Igbo community moved to Gabon and Equitorial Guinea. Like I said earlier, you know little about the East, dont make unsupported assumptions. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Nobody: 3:25am On Jul 31, 2011 |
odumchi: |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by odumchi: 3:31am On Jul 31, 2011 |
I wont even bother. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Nobody: 3:38am On Jul 31, 2011 |
odumchi: You wont bother because ? Good you wont. How can a tribe propagate its language when there are different clans and kings? No unity whatsoever. Thank God I'm OMO YORUBA. Odumchi, i know deep within you, you wish you were OMO Yoruba , |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Nobody: 4:14am On Jul 31, 2011 |
if you live in the east igbo is easier to learn and hausa is harder ,if you live in the north hausa is easier to learn and igbo is harder that should be common sense , most non hausas in the north speak or understand hausa and most non igbos here in ph speak and understand igbo. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by odumchi: 4:16am On Jul 31, 2011 |
And I am the bigot? Thats where I draw the line. I do not wish to be anything other than what I am. Im not sure that even atempting to explain this to you will relieve you of your condition but I'll give it a try. The Igbos existed in Independent city states much like the Greeks. They all spoke Igbo in various intellgible forms and had a common culture. Every Igbo town had a was headed by a King (Known to many as Igwe, Obi, or Eze) and a council of elders (umunna). No one man had ever united the Igbo clans politically but they were very much united culturally and religiously. Many towns worshipped the same god and they indulged in the same businesses (palm wine, palm oil, slaves, palm fruits etc). Some kingdoms (for example Arochukwu) grew very influential and wealthy from the slave trade and formed large "Empires" and "confederacies. Here is a map of Igbo trade routes prior to 1900. The Ones in red are Igbo kingdoms.
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Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Afanna1: 5:01am On Jul 31, 2011 |
igbo. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by uonyekwere(m): 5:25am On Jul 31, 2011 |
I am trying to perfect my igbo. My friend showed me this course you can take online on igbo at http://www.igboteacher.com/ . I havent tried it yet myself. but anyone who does, please let me know how u liked it. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by princeonx: 5:28am On Jul 31, 2011 |
DRlulu:Simple as that! All depend on where you were raised and live/lived. My younger sister grew up in Aba and up until about 3yrs ago, she sound like Imo girl and her Igbo is so different from everybody else in the house. It Also depend on how good you are with languages. kids do better than adults in learning languages fast. I speak, read, and write all three (Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba) simply because am Igbo born in Lagos. Primary and part of my secondary school (till JS3) was also in Lagos, then I moved to the north for SS1-3 and lived there for about 11yrs. I guess I won't be able to speak Hausa fluently if I didn't live in the north and same with Yoruba if I wasn't raised in Lagos. As for Igbo, Speaking it at home is a MUST no negotiation! |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by princeonx: 5:40am On Jul 31, 2011 |
And whats up with all these "Igbo is imcomplete" sh*t? na you take the missing part? please speak for yourself if you don't understand or can't speak a 100% igbo without english! Every single word in any language has a name or what its called in Igbo! I still have folks in my villa that don't know up to three words in english and they communicate with a 100% igbo without English! |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by supereagle(m): 5:58am On Jul 31, 2011 |
Igbo is harderst lang. to learn because it has largest combination of consonants in its alphabets. hausa is the easiest. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by koolguy88(m): 7:11am On Jul 31, 2011 |
hausa is easier to learn b'cos it's not adultrated |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by marcus1234: 7:12am On Jul 31, 2011 |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Jarus(m): 7:31am On Jul 31, 2011 |
@Sheshi. If you say indigenous Yoruba dont exist in Ghana, then you dont know Ghana. Though minority, they exist and are called 'Anago'. @topic, I believe Hausa, despite having feminine and masculine forms, is the easiest, closely followed by Yoruba. The hardest, beyond the 3 major, is Ebira. Simple 'bye bye', translated to Ebira may give you a 1o-word sentence. The reason why Hausa may be the easiest is because words forming sentences are usually coarse, separate, each having almost standard meaning. Eg Ina kwana, ina aeni, lafia lau, yaya aiki, muje etc. Of all the non-native speakers of the 3 Languages I know, Yoruba and Hausa are Head-to-Head on the highest no of non-native speakers, and Yoruba is even boosted by the Lagos factor. I know thousands of non-Hausa that speak Hausa fluently or at least passably. I also know thousands of non-Yoruba that speak Yoruba well. But i have met only one Yoruba that can speak Ibo well(a colleague of mine). Another reason for this may be that Ibos hardly speak their language, unlike, more notoriously, Hausa, and Yoruba. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by pereze: 7:39am On Jul 31, 2011 |
How are u doing? Imere kpo lee? Iri kwa nu kpo lee? Ikpa kwa ahu? Igbo I hail thee, i di mighty, ndi obi akpo can go makuo transformer! Ogba sakwara nu onye? |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by wontootree: 7:46am On Jul 31, 2011 |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? « #22 on: July 14, 2011, 10:04 PM » Quote from: odumchi on July 14, 2011, 09:26 PM @ Original Poster That is where you are wrong. 1. Igbo has two forms. The first form is central Igbo while the second form is a much more complex and unique form of Igbo, the dialect. The Average Igboman can say whatever he wants in both forms of Igbo. I am not sure if this is the case for Hausa. An example of this is: Central Igbo: Anyi na yo Chukwu ayiyo My Own Dialect Dialect Igbo: An' na ro Chukwu aririo Despite the different words, they both share the same meaning "We beg God". Igbo like Andreh Uweh said is far beyond the literal. Some expressions such as "suffering" have dual meanings which can only be understood by someone who is proficient in Igbo. For example: "ita avuvu" Literal meaning: Eating a bitter or repulsive thing. Metaphorical: Suffering. So thats Igbo for you. Igbo is a rich word that has a word for everything and a way to express every possible idea. If you go to the cities you will meet people who dilute Igbo with English, but go to the villages and you will meet people who speak pure and unadultered Igbo. I am not saying that there arenot perfect Igbo speakers in the cities but if you want to know the true version of Igbo, you must find the genesis. So in short, yes Igbo is still as pure as any language despite what people may say. Thank you |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Wislet(f): 7:50am On Jul 31, 2011 |
pereze:LOL. Nwanne, kedu ka i mere? |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by shesi(m): 8:05am On Jul 31, 2011 |
@Sheshi. If you say indigenous Yoruba dont exist in Ghana, then you dont know Ghana. Though minority, they exist and are called 'Anago' are you going to argue with a ghana boy about who knows ghana better? "Anago" is a derogatory slang term used to refer to nigeria as a whole. Much like "Alata" But unlike Alata (which is a benign term) Anago is malicious, and intended to be offensive. So if you go to Ghana and someone refers to you as "Anago", be offended! I repeat. There is NO Yoruba speaking group in Ghana. The Ga-Dangbe Tribe (a small tribe only significant because theirs is the land on which the capital Accra was built) are the ones said to have moved to Ghana from the Yoruba area of Nigeria. They originally came from East Africa (around modern day Sudan), stopped over in Yorubaland for about half a century and Moved on to their present location, in Ghana. They don't speak Yoruba. They speak Ga. Interestingly, the Gas have the same reputation in Ghana as the yorubas have in nigeria it seems. On the negative side, Gas are regarded as lazy, dirty, and untrustworthy. On the plus side, they are well educated. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Johnpaul2k2(m): 8:58am On Jul 31, 2011 |
I speak igbo,i hear igbo, i like igbo, i prefer igbo because is the best 'asusu' ever!!!! |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Sike(m): 8:59am On Jul 31, 2011 |
I tink HAUSA is easy to learn. I av tryd it Once and it workd. unlike 'orie. afor. ukwu. eke e.t.c. No offence meant |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by goggs(m): 9:45am On Jul 31, 2011 |
back in the day i learnt igbo as a subject in ss1 and midway in ss2. It was too hard. Ditched it for hausa and wrote it in ssce. Though i failed, i had laid a foundation for learning the hausa language. I am now proficient. No hausa man will 'sell' me. Summary, hausa is easier. Igbo has too many stresses in pronounciation to distinguish words. A famous example i remember is ukwa with different stresses for different meaning unlike hausa |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by aljharem3: 10:00am On Jul 31, 2011 |
shesi: yes you are a igbo Ghanaian maybe you can explain this |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Nobody: 10:54am On Jul 31, 2011 |
The basis for learning any language is Interest in that language. But personally I feel hausa is easier. During my 1year NYSC, I learnt hausa almost to the state of fluency though I had no prior knowledge of the language, having grown up in the South West. Presently I live in the Eastern Nigeria with my tribe but I'm ashamed to tell you that for more than 1year, I can hardly speak my own language. My mum speaks 6 Nigerian languages fluently: Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Ohafia igbo, Itsekiri, and English; while her son is stuck with only english. What a shame. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by babyboy3(m): 10:59am On Jul 31, 2011 |
Learning Hausa is like learning French Learning Igbo is like Learning Korean, so freaking hard to learn |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by otiigba1(m): 11:25am On Jul 31, 2011 |
(going to sleep) lakpue ura, larua ula, hie ura, rahua ura, they all means the same thing in igbo |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Evagreenfields: 12:00pm On Jul 31, 2011 |
As said before, its a function of your locality. #IMO hausa z by farrrrr easier to learn.am currently up north in adamawa doin my nysc.av spent just 4months ere n my hausaz good.my non igbo friends posted to the east cant even hear as little as 'bia'. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Nobody: 12:11pm On Jul 31, 2011 |
Evagreenfields: The exact thing happened to me too. Under a few months I had learnt almost the entire language. I feel its easier to learn because up north, english is hardly spoken so it would be a plus on your part to learn hausa. BTW what local govt area were u posted to? If you see Hasiya, send her my hailings. |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by Evagreenfields: 12:37pm On Jul 31, 2011 |
Jimeta.hajia u mean? The one @ yola north lga? |
Re: Between Igbo And Hausa Which Is Easier To Learn? by otapiapia: 2:20pm On Jul 31, 2011 |
Igbo is easier. Sweet language. Nri people thanks for giving us your language. Kiss kiss |
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