Ishilove:

So you're igbo?

Yes dearie, and you?

Iluv:
@ OP, please what is chameleon in igbo?

Owumagala or Owumagalaba, depending on ur side of Igbo.
Dalu

PerfectlyPerfect:
OP hit the nail on the head.
No ibo family raise their children in ibo language nowadays. Its really hurtful. 50years is even too much. If nothing is done to salvage the situation, our language will go extinct.
This is one of the reasons why I rep Phyno and Ada Mbano

Dalu. But it is Igbo and not Ibo,Ibo is actually a derogatory word oda tribes uses to address us, pls dont accept that. We are Igbos not Ibos.
Udo diri gi

MbaanabaraAgu:


Dalu. But it is Igbo and not Ibo,Ibo is actually a derogatory word oda tribes uses to address us, pls dont accept that. We are Igbos not Ibos.
Udo diri gi

Ndo nwanne m. O wu ekwe nti m deghariri ya Ibo

PerfectlyPerfect:


You know what I mean. Shun rural areas. They're the only exception to this.

YOU are lying there is no south eastern town/city that use English as their major communication tool... if you speak English there you will Likely be responded back 2 in English. note most people are not fluent in English especially in commercial areas they will likely mix Igbo with English if you engage them in a long conversation in English but will speak flawlessly in Igbo... Nwa nna ka m nyere nwa nne m aka juo gi, ole mgbe iladebere ulo ikpeazu? (in case you didn't understand i asked when last did you come back home?)

plaetton:

Yes dearie, and you?

Proudly Ukwuani

Scholes007:

YOU are lying there is no south eastern town/city that use English as their major communication tool... if you speak English there you will Likely responded back 2 in English. note most people are not fluent in English especially in commercial areas they will likely mix Igbo with English if you engage them in a long conversation in English but will speak flawlessly in English... Nwa ka m nyere nwa nne aka juo gi, ole mgbe iladebere ulo ikpeazu? (in case you didn't understand i asked when last did you come back home?)

Onye m, ghota ihe m na ekwu.
Ndi NNE na ndi nna na akuziri Umu ha bekee tupu ha akuziere ha igbo

Ishilove:

Even our stars are worse. They've discarded their roots and are naming their kids very strange foreign names... Alingo, Cameroun, Maximiliano, Stefan etc

I don't know if it is inferiority complex, colonial mentality, colonial complex or a poutpourri of all

I think we're just generally becoming more white than the white man

Gamesmart:


Yes o.

Go and look at the names of the pikins of P-Squared.

A disgrace. Shame on them.

That's the thing. Most children nowadays don't use theirbigbo names any more. Its always blessing or favor or precious. Wot happened to Ngozi or Amarachi or Olaedo

PerfectlyPerfect:


Onye m, ghota ihe m na ekwu.
Ndi NNE na ndi nna na akuziri Umu ha bekee tupu ha akuziere ha igbo

onwere ike ya adi otu ahu na ufodu ebe ma odighi otu ahu n'otutu ebe...ndi na emekewe ihe a ikwuru bu ndi bi na ala Yoruba okacha-nke lagos ma o bu na-ala bekee

Ishilove:

Proudly Ukwuani

Hhhhmnm!

donifez:
Nna imere nkoma, abum onye igbo...amam ka esi agu igbo, mana amah om ka esi asu igbo ofuma, abum ndi anakpo "my mama say i be igbo".

Nwanne ji sie ike. O buru na i choro i muta ka esi asu igbo, i ga agba mbo i hu na ndi ezi na ulo unu (family) na asuru gi asusu Igbo mgbe obula. O buru na i hu onye o bula bu onye Igbo, subara ya Igbo, ekwekwala ka onye Igbo suoro gi bekee, o buru na ime nke a oge nile, i ga amuta ka esi asu igbo na mgbe na adighi anya.
Dalu ri nne

Scholes007:

YOU are lying there is no south eastern town/city that use English as their major communication tool... if you speak English there you will Likely responded back 2 in English. note most people are not fluent in English especially in commercial areas they will likely mix Igbo with English if you engage them in a long conversation in English but will speak flawlessly in English... Nwa ka m nyere nwa nne aka juo gi, ole mgbe iladebere ulo ikpeazu? (in case you didn't understand i asked when last did you come back home?)

You got a point there shaa. And it's compounded by the fact that pidgin is now the unofficial lingua franca of Nigeria. Every market woman can speak it, especially in the south.

Scholes007:

YOU are lying there is no south eastern town/city that use English as their major communication tool... if you speak English there you will Likely responded back 2 in English. note most people are not fluent in English especially in commercial areas they will likely mix Igbo with English if you engage them in a long conversation in English but will speak flawlessly in English... Nwa ka m nyere nwa nne aka juo gi, ole mgbe iladebere ulo ikpeazu? (in case you didn't understand i asked when last did you come back home?)

You got a point there shaa. And it's compounded by the fact that pidgin is now the unofficial lingua franca of Nigeria. Every market woman can speak it, especially in the south.
And a wu m ezigbo nwa afo igbo

MbaanabaraAgu:


Dalu. But it is Igbo and not Ibo,Ibo is actually a derogatory word oda tribes uses to address us, pls dont accept that. We are Igbos not Ibos.
Udo diri gi

Correct.

in my own opinion, I think the solution to first solving this problem is identifying your cultural identity and embracing it fully. I'm yoruba and you hardly see a yoruba person bear a foreign name. We bear our indigenous names with pride. In fact nowadays, most yoruba parents specifically look for "conk" yoruba names to give their child(ren) at birth, hardly do you see a yoruba man bear a foreign name. In my family(immediate and extended) none of us has foreign middle names as it is the usual practice amongst a lot of family in our contemporary society. However, same cannot be said of many igbo folks; you see igbo men and women proudly bear Anglicized names (peter, Ben, Paul, Catherine etc) and many would even "funklize" their names to sound Behind eg "genny" "chinny" "emmy"etc. And sorry to say this( because it might come across as being patronising or insulting, but please I mean no offence) but many igbo folks are insecure. I know of one igbo lady, she works in a top bank in Lagos, she speaks yoruba more than I do and refers to fellow igbos as "those people"!!! Another example was when I was in the university in Ogun state, I knew this guy nicknamed "sienna" it was in my final year that I got to know he was igbo. The darn guy spoke yoruba and had yoruba mannerisms like no other. And to cap it all, he couldn't speak one word of igbo to save his life!! So I really think the igbos should embrace their cultural identity more, although that's not to say they should isolate themselves from other cultures, but then, you've to be proud of who you are and where you come from. Shalom (sorry for the long epistle

Scholes007:

onwere ike ya adi otu ahu na ufodu ebe ma odighi otu ahu n'otutu ebe...ndi na emekewe ihe a ikwuru bu ndi bi na ala Yoruba okacha-nke lagos ma o bu na-ala bekee

O by eziokwu mana ihe m na ahu ugbua bu na ndi NNE na ebu ezo kuziere Umu ha bekee tupu ha akuziere ha Igbo. Ihe a adighi mma

I feel ashamed of your type, if my uncle kids who were born in the States could understand and speak Igbo then I find it shameful for man man born and raised in Nigeria

jblessed:
Op, you're so on point. I'm a typical example as I can't speak my language fluently. I'm really disturbed and ashamed. I'm glad I married a woman that can speak igbo,
but we do communicate in English. Now, I'm worried about my son.

be proud of whom you are and make sure you pass the language to your next generation. Udo

ChristyG:
Its funny when some ibo pple CLAIM nollywood as ibo movies as if they speak ibo there or other tribes aint involved,nollywood has gone pass those chewing gum movies they show on africa magic.the highest grossing nigerian movie was not even made by an ibo person,so tone down on d claiming as yours when u are just CO-OWNERS like others

u dey take igbo matter serious?

Dani4tech:


nwanne biko gini bu 'Lol' na Igbo?

Ochi Egbugo m (OEM).

Ishilove:

Proudly Ukwuani

You're Igbo?

If u ask me op, igbo language is already dead. I have an igbo neighbour dat her children cudnt speak d igbo @ all. This is evident in non existence of igbo local movie. Majority of u igbo are not proud 2 speak ur language. My uncle who lives in d States children cud speak fluent yoruba, even though they havent been 2 Nigeria b4. Ndi igbo ogini? wake up from ur inferiority slumber, because a man who knows his root not is 4ever doomed.

iiiyyyk:


My brother thank you for this. In 50 yrs time, most of us on this tread now will still be living, millions of children in igboland today that don't know come will still be leaving. So how will the language go extinct.
The entire igbo land speaks igbo on daily bases, Every state in south east speak igbo as language of daily communication In markets, schools, streets, every were.
More than 80% of igbos live in igbo land within ss and se nigeria and speaks igbo on daily bases.
Igbo will never go extinct.





You people can believe what ever the white man tells them thats bussiness,

Don't mind these confused people. Igbos who left the shores of Nigeria at 14 yrs, but are now over 50yrs are still speaking complete Igbo. The mixing of English before he left and 35yr spent out side hasn't altered a thing.

So many Nigerian languages.

bigfrancis21:


You're Igbo?

Err, it's rather complicated...

Us Ukwuani are going through some major league identity crisis. We are divided as to where we truly belong. While a lot of folks like my brethren don't want to be identified as igbo, others have accepted that Ukwuani are igbos.

But me, where do I think I belong? Well, we're for the most part, Igbo in origin.

In origin.

In origin.

Yes, in origin...

plaetton:

Hhhhmnm!

Ishilove:

Err, it's rather complicated...

Us Ukwuani are going through some major league identity crisis. We are divided as to where we truly belong. While a lot of folks like my brethren don't want to be identified as igbo, others have accepted that Ukwuani are igbos.

But me, where do I think I belong? Well, we're for the most part, Igbo in origin.

In origin.

In origin.

Yes, in origin...

Nice, then.

bigfrancis21:


Nice, then.

Ayup

Ishilove:

Ayup

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bigfrancis21:




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Ishilove:

Err, it's rather complicated...

Us Ukwuani are going through some major league identity crisis. We are divided as to where we truly belong. While a lot of folks like my brethren don't want to be identified as igbo, others have accepted that Ukwuani are igbos.

But me, where do I think I belong? Well, we're for the most part, Igbo in origin.

In origin.

In origin.

Yes, in origin...

Forgive my prying, but what's your home town in Ukwuani? I only ask because one Revd Okolugbo whose work I came across not so long ago, claimed that Ukwuani communities are for the most part Bini in origin.

When CUbans , Brazillians, and Jamaican learning Yoruba language.

Yoruba Language is a house hold language in Togo, Cote devior.

I am a proud Amala man.