Where did you get your list from? Cos some of those languages in Taraba, am just hearing them for the first time.

Urhobos are still in Bayelsa State too.

Ebira not igbirra.. Dats yorubas way of pronouncing it.. We no dey g as support for our language

Ebira not igbirra.. Dats yorubas way of pronouncing it.. We no dey use g as support for our language

It will be nice to know the real population of respective tribes.

cole265:
Why are ijesha, ibarapa, igbomina not on the list

That means Yoruba tribe shouldn't be on the list then,meaning Yoruba is going to split into different entities...if you are asking for ijesha, ibarapa,what of owo, ondo Ekiti etc

Adaure4ever:
wait a minute but Urhobo people are Edos even the language.
In my opinion, Urhobo, Isoko, Bini, Eshan should come together and form A Big EDO TRIBE.
why are you guys dividing yourselves?

My sista, dat is d advantage d Ijaws ar enjoyin today now; bin regarded as d 4th largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Do u knw dat d Ijaw nation is not one language but a conglomerate of diffrnt small tribes/lanuages (e.g. Epie, Atisa, Ogba, Izon, Nembe, Andoni, Kalabari, etc) but united by common envt, history, nd d need for collectiv survival. D close similarities in languages bin enjoyd among d Edoid tribes (e.g. Bini, Urhobo, Ishan, Isoko, Etsako, Owan, Afemai, etc) does not even exist among d tribes which call themselvs Ijaw! So there is really for d Edo race to unite nd b a one big people!

shizzy7:
GERA - gerrarahiamehn
BOKO - Boko haram
CHIP - Plantain or potato chips?
WAKA - waka for you too


There are some posh names there like lala, pero, miya, mambilla, chama, pilla, Kenton----------....these names doesn't befit those places because they are UGLY except mambilla plateau....

e.g BURA

owe and Oworo no longer in kwara only its also in Kogi state o.

Macelliot:
I hought bayelsa is Ijaw.

The 3 ethnic nationalities in Bayelsa State are the Izons( majority),the Urhobos and Isokos who are both minorities.

The Epie people speak a distinct dialect of the Izon language.So,I don't think they are a stand-out tribe on their own.Except it is a new development.

Skmoda360:

have you gone thru ondo state.

Tell me tribes I can find in Ondo.

Great job.. . But Yoruba tribes are not properly broken, you just joined every tribe together under the language . I can help with some

Ijesha - osun state
Ijebu - ogun
Egba - ogun
Igbomina - kwara
Ekiti - ekiti, kwara
Ilaje - ondo
Ibolo - kwara (offa)
Few among others.

Kirigidi:
My sista, dat is d advantage d Ijaws ar enjoyin today now; bin regarded as d 4th largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Do u knw dat d Ijaw nation is not one language but a conglomerate of diffrnt small tribes/lanuages (e.g. Epie, Atisa, Ogba, Izon, Nembe, Andoni, Kalabari, etc) but united by common envt, history, nd d need for collectiv survival. D close similarities in languages bin enjoyd among d Edoid tribes (e.g. Bini, Urhobo, Ishan, Isoko, Etsako, Owan, Afemai, etc) does not even exist among d tribes which call themselvs Ijaw! So there is really for d Edo race to unite nd b a one big people!

I met an Epie guy who told me that they migrated from Benin Kingdom.

kopite:
Good compilation. I live in rivers state...I didn't see Ikwerre in d list. I know igbos will be claiming them but from what I learnt in linguistics n history, they are not igbos.

And did we appoint you to speak our our behave? If we're in anyway bothered about the list we are definitely gonna let you and your fellow monsters(divide and rule) know

Dething:


No Ijaw in Edo. They are in d riverine States. Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, rivers etc

There is an Ijaw community in Edo State.

airsaylongcon:


That's like saying the ijebus are not Yorubas. Or Okpe aren't Urhobo. Heck even Etche is Ibo

Even Isoko, a language that has its own ethnic nationality status is only a subgroup of Urhobo like Okpe. Most of these so called "tribes" here can be merged with their macro ethnic nationalities and the list will be reduced. If the Op intends to post tribes like this, s/he may as well post all of them including Agbon, Uvwie, Erowa, Agbarho, etc, in Delta State. The list would be endless!

No 45

Pprovost:


You are an Ika man that want to cause trouble here ba? Itshekiris have said they are only related to Yorubas but NOT YORUBA. Please respect that!

Itsekiri is a Yoruboid ethnic group but they are not Yorubas! This is what most of us fail to differentiate. Itsekiri language has roots in Yoruba but over time, their geographical in-contiguity, other cultures they came across as well as their environment, changed their language and world view and made it distinct from Yoruba. In so doing, they earned the right of being a different language from Yoruba even though they cannot deny the Yoruboid nature of their language.

Great Job but
I stand to correct the following

Kadara is found in Kaduna and Niger
also, Kajuru is not a tribe but village/LGA in Kaduna that harbors the Kadara people.
Kafanchan is also not a tribe but a town.

I stand corrected by anyone that has a different opinion but mind you, I'm Kadara by and Kajuru is my LGAbefore my own village and we are all Adara from there.

Thanks anyway for the great research done.

donsteady:
Your list is not complete without my tribe.
Please include Okpe.... Delta state

Click like if you are from Okpe Kingdom let's see how many okpe we have here

Okpe is not a tribe, it is part of the Isoko tribe.

airsaylongcon:


Fixed. You didn't put Edo but went as far as Delta. I hope you aren't mistaking Ilaje for Yoruba. Or Itsekiri or Ọza

Many of these so-called majority ethnic groups are always quick in grabbing minority groups as part of their ethnic nationality due to similarities without realising that languages may be similar but world view is ultimately what determines culture and an ethnic nationality. In the case of Itsekiri, their world view has no semblance whatsoever with Yoruba. Infact, they have more with Edo than any Yoruba group.

The only basis for adding Delta to his list may be the migrant group in Aniocha known as Olukumi. They are not aboriginals of Delta and when they came, they met a people there and integrated. They have also largely been acculturated into Anioshimili ethnicity and this makes them bilinguals. Beyond this, they speak a proto-Yoruboid language which many modern Yoruba speakers may have difficulty hearing. All these show that they cannot truly claim Delta as theirs but only as their place of abode.

linearity:


Okpe is not a tribe, it is part of the Isoko tribe.

Noted. Thanks

linearity:


Okpe is not a tribe, it is part of the Isoko tribe.

donsteady:

Noted. Thanks

You are utterly misinformed. Okpe is a kingdom in URHOBO. However, there is another Isoko kingdom known as Okpe-Isoko. Isoko people are quick to claim Okpe as theirs due to the linguistic similarities. However, we all know that Isoko, Uvwie, Okpe, Erowa, etc, are all "culturally" Urhobos and this is the basis for my claim.


Other than the above, Okpe is listed as an Urhobo dialect everywhere as gazetted by Nigeria!

Opobo/nkoro, rivers

Proudly 52 and 112..

Only sad as moi gonna soon require visa to go check vickyrotex out @lokoja....so vickkie is a northerner!

Adaure4ever:
when did Egbema becoma a tribe? Egbema are Pure Igbos.. Go to Ohaji Egbema in Imo and Rivers.
I thought there are some yorubas in Edo state.
Calabar has many tribes o.
IGBO, YORUBA and HAUSA are not tribes but A Nation Of many related tribes.

The list is just poo.
But you know there are two Egbemas, one is an Igbo tribe, the other one is Egbema Ijaw grup.

Rubbish List, Which Day Egon Turn Plateau? Which Tribe Be Afo For Plateau? You Did Not Even Include The Major Tribe (Berom)In Plateau State

fratermathy:


You are utterly misinformed. Okpe is a kingdom in URHOBO. However, there is another Isoko kingdom known as Okpe-Isoko. Isoko people are quick to claim Okpe as theirs due to the linguistic similarities. However, we all know that Isoko, Uvwie, Okpe, Erowa, etc, are all "culturally" Urhobos and this is the basis for my claim.


Other than the above, Okpe is listed as an Urhobo dialect everywhere as gazetted by Nigeria!

Thanks bro, the trust is, I don't know anything about my kingdom. I can't even speak

Adaure4ever:
wait a minute but Urhobo people are Edos even the language.
In my opinion, Urhobo, Isoko, Bini, Eshan should come together and form A Big EDO TRIBE.
why are you guys dividing yourselves?

Kirigidi:
My sista, dat is d advantage d Ijaws ar enjoyin today now; bin regarded as d 4th largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Do u knw dat d Ijaw nation is not one language but a conglomerate of diffrnt small tribes/lanuages (e.g. Epie, Atisa, Ogba, Izon, Nembe, Andoni, Kalabari, etc) but united by common envt, history, nd d need for collectiv survival. D close similarities in languages bin enjoyd among d Edoid tribes (e.g. Bini, Urhobo, Ishan, Isoko, Etsako, Owan, Afemai, etc) does not even exist among d tribes which call themselvs Ijaw! So there is really for d Edo race to unite nd b a one big people!

Urhobo is Edoid no doubts but your postulation on coming together with Bini and Esan may not work for various reasons.

For one, these languages, apart from Urhobo and Isoko, are mutually unintelligible in EVERY WAY. We don't greet the same way, we dont share similar words, we dont have similar sentence structures, etc
These languages, apart from Urhobo and Isoko, are culturally divergent. Esan and Bini subscribe to the Oba of Benin while Urhobo and Isoko only recognise his power but do not subscribe to him in any way. Culturally, as well, we dont have the same beliefs, common folklore, common modes of dressing, common religions, etc.


So, like I said, it would be like lumping in the tower of babel populace and forcing them to be one if Urhobo, Esan and Bini are to become one. However, Urhobo and Isoko can do this due to their striking similarity in language and cultural homogeneity. In this regards, I always argue that Urhobo and Isoko, rather than divide and become minorities, with Isoko being a micro-minority, should harmonise themselves and gazette their harmony so that they can become a formidable force in the South-South!


My 2kobo!

whirlwind7:
Fulani is not in the list, so how come they are one of the major tribes in the north?
Did you omit it?

Bubu will not be happy about this.

Fulani was included na, na pulani he write ni

DBriteLitehouse:
Urhobos are still in Bayelsa State too.

Very correct. Urhobos occupy about 3 towns in Sagbama local government area of which the most prominent being Ofoni. Urhobos also occupy borderline communities in Edo State. This is apart from the migrant Urhobos in Okitipupa, Ore, Sagamu and Ajegunle.

amazing country.

this is the "real rainbow nation"

such awesome diversity.

and to think that some people are so boring, they to always insist on marrying from their own, when they can enjoy the beauty of diversity in marriage