ChinenyeN:
This is a shameful statement. You don't know Isu, yet you want to come here shouting that they don't know themselves. Typical.

ChinenyeN:
I think you may have some things mixed up. Isuama was not man-made. According to Colombia Univeristy and it's Igbo Studies department, Isuama became the standard dialect of emancipated Igbo slaves in Sierra Leone. The Isu/Isuama represented the largest portion of the emancipated Igbo slave population in Sierra Leone. So it is not surprising that most of the early linguistic Igbo studies centered around them and their speech form. The claim (or better yet, assumption) of 'purest dialect', made by Crowther (I believe), was likely due to the fact that most Sierra Leone Igbo were Isuama and Isuama had gained standardization there. He believed it to be the purest and I think he also claimed it would be the most intelligble. His visit to Nigeria showed him otherwise though. Isuama was soon abandoned after Crowther's death. The difference between Isu/Isuama and traditional northern/western speech forms has nothing to do with vocabulary supplied by non-Isu.

odumchi:
Oh...okay. Thank you very much for this clear-up.

Obiagu1:

... and what is the difference?

This Isu/Isuama is getting more complicated everyday.

Odenigbo Aroli:

Go and tell Igboukwu ppl that; Everything about Igboukwu suggest they are of Nri....Hell,Isus barely know themselves!!

Odenigbo Aroli:

Go and tell Igboukwu ppl that; Everything about Igboukwu suggest they are of Nri....Hell,Isus barely know themselves!!

Mr Mandilas: you can find Isu in Nwangele LGA. Isuama is in another place.

Abagworo:

Guy you are funny. You know little about Isu. Isu is everywhere in Igboland but their homeland is Isuama which is also called Isu. Somewhere around the area everyone described earlier. The thing is that after the colonialists divided and zoned people for administrative convenience many people seem to have lost track of their past heritage. Mbaitoli in Imo State is Isu but I have met some of them that think they are Owerri. Owerri in itself was created as a zonal capital for mainly Oroatta people but merely a small clan of the Oroatta group.

Mr Mandilas: Mbaitolu is never Isu. Go and do ur research well! Then u come back!

odumchi: Since we're still on this Isu issue, I'd like to ask if Isuikwuato people in Abia are in anyway related to the Isu which you all are talking about.

ChinenyeN:
Are you serious? I know people from Mbaitolu, they confirm that they are Isu.


From what Igbo historians have written, they are Isu. They are said to confirm being part of the original Isu settlers in Okigwe.

some-girl:
Anambra and delta dialects aren't central igbo written or spoken.
I think the fact that anambra dialects are used in the majority of igbo movies has confused some.
I can hardly follow asaba or onitsha igbo biko unu

One_Naira:

Are you serious? I will not necessary call it a central igbo spoken but there is no denying it is one of the easiest Igbo language to understand. At least from my own point of view.

achi4u: @op,Igbo izugbe is not originated from one village or clan,it is a collection of different words from every clan in Igboland.fact?
Did you know that people from Anambra will need an interpreter for them to understand their fellow Aghamelum people when they speak.Aghamelum L.G.A is in Anambra state.yet some words mighty still be pick from there to complete igbo izugbe.

Again,there's a big different from speaking central igbo from writing Igbo izugbe.you can correct me!

Abakaliki Igbo is no different from other Igbo language except intonations.

All Igbos speaks differently in our local dialect but have "Igbo Izugbe" as our lingua franca.

umuigbo udo nke Chineke diri unu.

Abagworo:


What we are discussing is the urban Igbo which is spoken in Aba,Enugu,Owerri and Onitsha streets which does not really belong to any particular group. The other is if a dialect is spoken in its close to pure form with little "Igbo Izugbe" interference, which dialect is more intelligible to most other Igbos? I picked Onitsha/Asaba dialect from a personal angle. I know most Igbo dialects though.

odumchi: Does anyone know if Isuochi community in Okigwe LGA is also Isu?

Abagworo:

That I don't know yet but the Isu in the name suggests Isu origin just like Isuikwuato and Isu in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi. I have however read where they were referred to as "Otanzu". They are related. I think most Igbos have one thing or the other with Isu and Nri.

Obiagu1: ^^^

Summary ...

ejiyke2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isu_people
Umu Igbo this is isuama wiki,am from isu in Imo state and isuama ,(isuama-example,oha,ebere,ohia,aha,otu,abuo,ato)( anambra- ora,ebele,ofia,afa,ofu,ibuo,ito)


am Isu man from ISU LGA IMO STATE
THIS IS PURE

ChinenyeN: As I have already stated, go and have a talk with Isu people. Don't come to me, because that is not my claim. If you are looking to vent your high blood pressure issues, then vent them with the right people (Isu). Do not be foolish enough to point in my direction.