ChinenyeN: Written Izii does little justice to actual Izii speech. Anyway, here is one of the Izii audio recording. There are others.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu-63K9IhHw[/flash]

achi4u: Is not all that had compare to what Odumchi use to write as Aro...if not because am living with some of them here in Abakaliki I would've find it dfficulty comprehending with what he is saying/writing.lol Igbo language is very tick and awesom depending hw you approch them.

odumchi: Here's Asa dialect; it's actually pretty intelligible. One question that I have is this: how does this organization find people that speak these dialects? Does it simply recruit people from rural towns?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOjrIBGV5M

Andre Uweh: @Eze NdiIgbo Odumchi.
The problem is that we do not have a lot of posters from those border Igbo communities in the politics section. We are lucky to have Wesley80 who represents Ukwuani effectively and Eze Promoe who represents Ikwerre. We should encourage them as well as other proud Igbo sons from those areas.

ChinenyeN:

Not to be confused with Asa in Abia.

Eze Promoe: Up till today, I still ask this question. Who are Oyigbo people? Are they immigrants? Because they don't speak like Ngwa which is closer to them, they don't speak like Etche also, no similiarity with Ikwerre. Their dialect is almost like Igbo Izugbe, that is why in Obigbo today, you can hardly tell who's indigene from who's a non-indigene. I just knew of recent that Mummy B of P.H was from Obigbo, of whom I've believed to be from Abia state. Unlike other dialects in Rivers state, Igbo is spoken everywhere even in churches just like any other town in Igboland. I'm still making research, I need to know who really are these people.

Afam4eva: i also want to know what language "Etche" is grouped under cos i once heard someone classify it as Ikwerre. The guy told me there's Ikwerre-Etche and another Ikwerre.

Afam4eva: ^^^
When i was in port-hacourt, that place was called Obigbo. Did they change it all of a sudden to Oyigbo?

i also want to know what language "Etche" is grouped under cos i once heard someone classify it as Ikwerre. The guy told me there's Ikwerre-Etche and another Ikwerre.

o'boy:
Ok guys,but i think he sometimes uses the onicha dialect e.g in the song he featured Stormrex
he sang "Nme me yi ife nine".go and listen to Onicha people they use "yi" instead of "gi"

Afam4eva: Firrslt, there's no such thing as mainstream Anambra dialect. The dialects are different depending on the particular place. For instance, Onitsha would say "Ife" while Awka will say "Ive".

What flavour speaks is a micture of Enugu Urban Igbo and a particular Anambra dialect which i'm not sure which it is. But they usually sound similar. A lot of people don't speak a particulat dialect. They have them muddled up. For instance, i'm always very careful when speaking Igbo with someone not from Nkanu cos i don't want to mistakenly use a word that the person won't understand. I just have everything mixed up.

@topic
I like the Owerri dialect as it pertains to music. I also like the sexxy Anambra dialect. If you hear girl speak Anambra dialetc for you ehhh....

igreal20: but my anambra dialect says ,hu,

ChinenyeN:
Oyigbo is not a people. It's an LGA that was named (or renamed) from Obigbo town, which was established in the 20th century by hinterland Igbo immigrants who were looking for work in the new oil industry. The indigenes of Oyigbo are Asa and Ndoki, but Obigbo has since been integrated to the point that it is now an Ndoki community. In my honest opinion, Obigbo is practically no different from "Izugbe", but that's just them. The other [indigenous] communities don't sound like that, and instead sound more like communities in Ukwa and Ngwa areas.

ChinenyeN:
Oyigbo is not a people. It's an LGA that was named (or renamed) from Obigbo town, which was established in the 20th century by hinterland Igbo immigrants who were looking for work in the new oil industry. The indigenes of Oyigbo are Asa and Ndoki, but Obigbo has since been integrated to the point that it is now an Ndoki community. In my honest opinion, Obigbo is practically no different from "Izugbe", but that's just them. The other [indigenous] communities don't sound like that, and instead sound more like communities in Ukwa and Ngwa areas.

ezeagu: I think it's coal industry, since they say the migrants were part of the people that built the railway from 'Iguocha' to Enugu.

odumchi:


Nwoke m, ezi okwu ka i kwuru. I agree, but the problem is that many of people on this website lack exposure to diversity (in the Igbo context) and thus react somehow when people who are different from them surface. I'm sure you've seen what is going on on that "What is Imo state best known for" thread? If people continue to react that way, our brethren from the different corners of Igboland would be discouraged from participating.