Hi everyone,

So I wanted to start a game that is fun and will also be enlightening for some of us. I remember in primary school, my social studies textbook always said "Nigeria has over 200 languages but the major ones are Yoruba, Hausa and Ibo". Wikipedia even says we have a WHOPPING 521 LANGUAGES!!!! I've been fortunate enough to be from one other "197 or so" and so i have been more aware of the minority tribes maybe because most times we are "overlooked" by our brothers from the major tribes :-), However, even I just realized that I only know of the names a few of these languages myself. So for the benefit of those who are not familiar with the other languages, lets play this game.

RULES:
1. Name 5 of the other languages in Nigeria
2. You can't repeat a name that someone else has mentioned.
3. No tribalism or slurs or derogatory comments
4. ENJOY!!!!


I'll start ,

Ibibio, Bassa, Igala, Ebira, Nupe

Kanuri, Ijaw, Urhobo, Fulfulde, Edo

Efik, Idoma, Ogoni, Ejagham, Annang

@the poster, I can't believe that till this day, you are still spelling Ibo. Does it mean your keyboard can not type Igbo?.

Mumuye, Yakurr, Bariba, Egun, Isoko

Briom, Angas, Itsekiri, Tiv, Etsako.

Aboh, Ekoi, Fula, Kalabari, Kamuku

BOKO HARAM, MILLITANT,OPC,

birom, angas, babur, chala, tarok

Etilo (Benue), Egede (Benue), Ufia (Benue), Ibaji (Kogi), and Kutep (Taraba).

Isoko, Iyalla, Ijebu, Bini, Utokon

Badagry Egun
Kogi Ebira
Niger Gbaagyi & Nupe
Ondo Ukaan & Izon

Sorry i'll have have to break the no-repeat caveat.

Igala, Idoma, Tiv, Igbo, Yoruba.
And I can speak all of these.

unongu:

Etilo (Benue), Egede (Benue), Ufia (Benue), Ibaji (Kogi), and Kutep (Taraba).

Are you from Benue?

You pple are doing great work here. Kudos, Am learning. Pls more,

bachama, higi, chamba, jonjo and bata all in adamawa state

KAGOMA, JABA, ATYAP,BAJJU, KANINKON All in kaduna state(southern to be precise)

Bajuu,atyap(those dudes wey nearly xterminate hausa pple wey dey zango kataf),jaba,agrowk,ikulu,kadara,moro'a, all 4rm southern kaduna

Egba, Remo, Ijebu, Agoshasha, Owode/ifo (dont know what they call their language) ALL in Ogun State even more.

For Lagos.
Linlin(Badagry), Yoruba(General language in Lagos), Ijebu (Epe/Ikorodu), the Eyo language (Tapa) indiginous Island language)) and Ajase Even more.

lacewiggal:
I remember in primary school, my social studies textbook always said "Nigeria has over 200 languages but the major ones are Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo and not Ibo".

@OP, there is no tribe in Nigeria called Ibo, i only know about Igbo and that is my tribe.

1)Itsekiri. 2)Urhobo. 3)Kalabhari/Okrika, 4)Igala, 5)Ibibio, 6)Ijaw, 7)Nupe(Niger state), Kanuri(Borno state), 9)Idoma, 10)Bariba(Kwara state)

omaojo1:

Sorry i'll have have to break the no-repeat caveat.

Igala, Idoma, Tiv, Igbo, Yoruba.
And I can speak all of these.

Are you kidding??

ekid,oron

languages? including regional dialects or not?
for instance, Yoruba, would be the language and dialects would be Egba, ijebu, ekiti, and such and such, so can we or not?

since we are correcting , IGBO is not a tribe, it's an ethnicity,

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Re: Can You Name 5 Of The "other" Languages In Nigeria?
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Quote from: lacewiggal on Yesterday at 06:25:46 PM
I remember in primary school, my social studies textbook always said "Nigeria has over 200 languages but the major ones are Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo and not Ibo".
@OP, there is no tribe in Nigeria called Ibo, i only know about Igbo and that is my tribe.

Ishan (also called Esan), Etsako, Akoko-Edo, Bini, Urhobo

Gbogom, Mwagavul, Taroh, Chala, Anang, Ugep, Kwoi, Kaba, Ngas, Afizere

Akweya (akpa)-Benue state.

Ashe - Kaduna
Asu - Niger
Atsam - Kaduna
Bakpinka - Cross rivers
Boko - Niger, Kebbi

C++ Basic Pascal Pidgin and em, Q Basic!

Oops! I didn't read all the rules, the ones I put have been said before. Ndo (sorry)!

languages? including regional dialects or not?
for instance,  Yoruba,  would be the language and dialects would be Egba, ijebu, ekiti, and such and such,  so can we or not?

Then one would have to break fulfulde into pular, pulaar, futa djallon, etc. etc,

Shuwa Arabic, Bina, Gbari, Ngizim, Pidgin