Chelcy10:
nwanne ana emekwa?

Nnaa, nsogbu adiro. I have three friends from Mgbowo...nice place, nice people.

Afam4eva: I speak Igbo only to my Mum and to my relatives from Enugu. But i speak English to my siblings.

To siblings?Its a shame.

I'm proficient in Igbo and English language.I want my kids to be like that. Igbo at home,English at school.

Afam4eva:
If someone from Abakaliki speaks his dialect, will you understand? Will we now say that Abakaliki is different from Igbos?

for d Abakaliki's dats their dialect not their language. Igbo is not Kwale's language and they don't speak it.

frequently, i barely speak english when communicating at home

pat077: for d Abakaliki's dats their dialect not their language. Igbo is not Kwale's language and they don't speak it.

So, Abakaliki is a dialect but Kwale is not? Can you tell us the difference between a language and a dialect? Mind you, not all parts of the so-called Delta-Igbo speak the same dialect or language like you want to call it.

Abum odenigbo, osunigbo, na ogunigbo (writes igbo, speaks igbo and reads igbo). We speak igbo at home and i don't mean engligbo. So whenever i have my own kids am not gonna teach them english by speaking it to them. They should learn it in school and never to speak it at home unless with a visitor (seldomly)

The lingua franca at home is Yoruba. Outside the home, it's English and Pidgin. lol, even morning devotion growing up was in Yoruba, Hymnals sung were in Yoruba, devotional reading was in Yoruba and prayers as well.

modestdude: Abum odenigbo, osunigbo, na ogunigbo (writes igbo, speaks igbo and reads igbo). We speak igbo at home and i don't mean engligbo. So whenever i have my own kids am not gonna teach them english by speaking it to them. They should learn it in school and never to speak it at home unless with a visitor (seldomly)

This is the kind of attitude attitude Africa needs. When I get kids, I will most likely be teaching them Yoruba, even though it's not my native tongue, which they will learn anyway. A language is one of the best gifts you can give a child.

Never got to learn my father's language, so I will not do the same whenever I get kids.

StarFlux: This is the kind of attitude attitude Africa needs. When I get kids, I will most likely be teaching them Yoruba, even though it's not my native tongue, which they will learn anyway. A language is one of the best gifts you can give a child.

I've really been fascinated at your knack for the Yoruba language despite not being a native. Have you even made any effort to learn your own language? And don't you think your kids deserve the right to learn their own language? Not that there's anything wrong with teaching them Yoruba but shouldn't that be after teaching them their own language?

ME NA YORUBA AT HOME 24/7 AND ENGLISH FOR OUTSIDE....I HAVE A FRIEND,WHEN EVER THEIR DAD IS AROUND,OH BOY NA ENGLISH BY FORCE BECOS IF U SPEAK YORUBA NA PROBLEM BE THAT..BUT AFTER THEY ALL WENT TO USA IN 2006,HE WAS TALKING TO ME ON THE PHONE WITH YORUBA AND I DEY HEAR HIM SISTER VOICE FOR BACKGROUND SPEAKING YORUBA INSIDE THE HOUSE,AND I WAS LIKE GUY,WETIN DEY HAPPEN?UR SIS DEY SPEAK YORUBA INSIDE HOUSE AND HE SAID,GUY LEVEL DON CHANGE OOO,NO ENGLISH IN THIS HOUSE UNLESS U WAN PACK COMOT FOR THE HOUSE....YORUBA FOR HOUSE AND ENGLISH FOR OUTSIDE.....

My 4 brothers and I only speak English when attempting to impress a woman.
Heck, my youngest brother even speaks through gritted teeth like an Americana.
Otherwise, we be wawa boyz (BTW, its not derogatory when I say it)
...'Utoasusu Igbo'

passion007: My 4 brothers and I only speak English when attempting to impress a woman.
Heck, my youngest brother even speaks through gritted teeth like an Americana.
Otherwise, we be wawa boyz (BTW, its not derogatory when I say it)
...'Utoasusu Igbo'

What part of Enugu are you from?

Afam4eva:
What part of Enugu are you from?

Ikem, IsiUzo LGA. Where are you from?

passion007: Ikem, IsiUzo LGA. Where are you from?

Ok

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Afam4eva:
I've really been fascinated at your knack for the Yoruba language despite not being a native. Have you even made any effort to learn your own language? And don't you think your kids deserve the right to learn their own language? Not that there's anything wrong with teaching them Yoruba but shouldn't that be after teaching them their own language?

I said: "which they will learn anyway".

I like Yoruba, and a part of my family speaks it too. Though mostly as a secondary language.

Answering question: With regard to speaking, almost never, or actually, never.

English is my first language and I also frequently refer to it as my "native language". I know many Nigerians would throw stones at me because of this. My siblings do that all the time. #bringontheridicule
Though I was never really in the habit of speaking any native Nigerian language, I seem to lose more knowledge of Nigerian languages daily. Hah, I don't even speak pidgin. Nonetheless, I always argued that it was/is a language! Quite a few Nigerians I've come across seem to disagree

I usually only go as far as greeting my dad, mum, uncles and aunts in native Nigerian languages.
All my siblings speak pidgin when chatting amongst themselves. ...but they usually revert to English when they talk to me.
That said, I (occasionally?) listen to and sing songs in different languages.

I don't can gradually become I can't depending on your surrounding, situation etc.

Yes i speak my language with my parents...but english with my kid bro cos he doesnt speak our language...

@Diamaten Notin stops you from speaking d language to ur broda. He understands, jst that he cannot speak. And u would never encourage him to speak if u don't speak to him.

Anyways, for me. It's English. I don't believe I've ever heard my father speak his language to us(Urhobo). And I'm like, how do u expect me to understand talk more of speaking d language.

My mum is d same too. She speaks Kwale only after you have harrassed her . And the next minute she reverts back to English. So, it's English for me.

Well, I've lived all my life in Lagos. Making efforts to learn the yoruba language now.My boyfie's yoruba.

chellsee: @Diamaten Notin stops you from speaking d language to ur broda. He understands, jst that he cannot speak. And u would never encourage him to speak if u don't speak to him.

Anyways, for me. It's English. I don't believe I've ever heard my father speak his language to us(Urhobo). And I'm like, how do u expect me to understand talk more of speaking d language.

My mum is d same too. She speaks Kwale only after you have harrassed her . And the next minute she reverts back to English. So, it's English for me.

Well, I've lived all my life in Lagos. Making efforts to learn the yoruba language now.My boyfie's yoruba.

So, is it safe to call your dad a fake urhobo(*or insert whatever ethnic group*) man?
I say stuff like that about my dad, hehehe

@Rume: My dad only, only speaks d language to his snr brother. If any other family member (cousin, niece, nephew, etc) speaks d language to him, he'd reply them in English.

Even me sef don tire for d guy. If u say, daddy please speak language to us. He won't even answer u sef.

chellsee: @Rume: My dad only, only speaks d language to his snr brother. If any other family member (cousin, niece, nephew, etc) speaks d language to him, he'd reply them in English.

Even me sef don tire for d guy. If u say, daddy please speak language to us. He won't even answer u sef.

What a shame.

I wonder what causes people to stop using their own language.