Lots...

I do wish I could speak a Nigerian language fluently

MissGdope:
yes 2adf29bb

sent

Abajosax007: i just can't stop laughing, my family are all fine and yours? You are from which side

I'm from Oke Oja, of the Akunmerun (Akunmejila) clan.

Adetayo100: I can speak my language but i can't write it down

If you can't write it down, then you can't read it. Therefore, you are an illiterate!

rhonnie:

I'm from Oke Oja, of the Akunmerun (Akunmejila) clan.

I'm from ilemila clan of kabba.

sometimes I feel my greatest problem in dix life is my inability to speak my igbo language..... at 30...I can't speak my language... I get depressed over it... and learning it now has been So difficult.... well, all I need and look forward to is a miracle....

i like saying oko and obo in my dialect

Had to remedy it by getting textbooks and audio tapes detailing how to read, write and speak my dialect. Still learning. Aint nothing to be proud about not being able to understand one's dialect.

This is one of the most important topic I've come across......,I understand my language about 25% and I'm regretting not knowing fully. But I'm putting effort to learn with all my heart. I'm Jju or Bajju from Southern Kaduna. But I'm excellent in Hausa Because I grew up in Kano. I wish a miracle can happen so I can be perfect in the language even though I'm trying hard to learn even though it seems difficult,but God knows I will never relent until I get there by his Grace...............#ProudlyKawonBajju......

davo3286:

If you can't write it down, then you can't read it. Therefore, you are an illiterate!

like seriously?

I can read it but not that good, yoruba is too deep

Xplicit1:


They are not available.

We seem 2 b in d same category

Much regret....each tym I visit home, I see something wrong, try to air ma opinion...but mother tongue restrains me.... try politics u will know wot I mean...wen politicians meet grass root pple in der locality..dey go on mother tongue..usually very interesting E.G Akabio , okorocha, obi peter, even some celebrities Are all gud xamples..funke..ibu, etc thank God am learning..

NigellusHosan: I've got no regrets..
Doe 'm willing to learn..

Proud Native Speaker of English..
I've mastered the British Accent..

clap 4 ur sef.

AgapeCharis:
Seems u'r talking from experience.
U remind me of my NYSC days in the East... Igbo people and tribalism shaaaaa..!!!!
Buh dtx d more reason u should learn yours

really!

berbs113: Dialect...I can't Speak my Dad's own.. Not to talk of my Mum's language.. Father is Delta. Ndokwa West.. The greeting is like Aje and Otofie,male and female respectively. My Mother is from Imo state... I don't know the part sef... We were brought up in Yoruba land.... I speak Yoruba fluently...... Its so annoying I don't understand any of my parent's dialect cos I might find it hard laying claim to anything over there especially Delta state Oil thinzz

eyaa......... I speak ukwuani language fluently. My maternal grandma is frm kwale, Ndokwa west. U can learn frm ur dad or mum. Language is our identity.

Elle780: eyaa......... I speak ukwuani language fluently. My maternal grandma is frm kwale, Ndokwa west. U can learn frm ur dad or mum. Language is our identity.

wow... Dis is my sister ooo... My village is Emu unor... Just after abbi....

OrangeDream: Dem dey use d dialect witdraw moni 4 bank ni??If no,den no regret

My brother them dey use dialect win Councillor or Gubernatorial positions o, or even chieftain title

eaglechild:

OP
Nice write up, however, your language NOT DIALECT is Igbo.

Your dialect is a variant of your main language.
Eg Onitsha Igbo.

The word dialect is ambiguous, so I am right.

If you don't know where you are coming from then how can you know the way forward. My language is my pride.

eaglechild:

OP
Nice write up, however, your language NOT DIALECT is Igbo.

Your dialect is a variant of your main language.
Eg Onitsha Igbo.

pls dn't mislead anybody here cos i hav seen ppl already seconding u here, though i knw it ws nt ur intention 2 do dat. But let me teach u smthin u dnt knw here. English as u nd me knw is dynamic nd always evolving. It has passd d tim dat when u hear a word, u jst pik up ur oxford dictionary read nd jst com out 2 argue or tink u ar right witout furtha research. D word dialect is ambiguous, yes it can mean wht u refered 2 as dialect bt dat is nt wht d dialect i used denote. What i used up dier denote any ethnic group standard language nd not d variety of same groups language as u tot.

Let me tel u d origin of dat word dialect nd how it is used. Dialect is a Greek word diskos meaning discourse, nd it has evolved 4rm jst being used in ur context 2 nw being used in varieties of ways, dat is y i said it is ambiguous. U can use it in dat way u refer 2 it ie regional dieclect nd wen used dat way, it refer 2 as regiolect, den u can also use it nw 2 refer 2 any standard ethnic group language, which was d context i used it nd in dis case, it can be referd 2 as ethnolect, nd some oda vireties lik social class nd odas.

So dat is jst it, english is neva static bt alwys evolving. If u check benjamin in dat ur oxford dictionary, u wil not see it, bt it has bin incorprated in english dictionary 2 mean money. Again who nd whom, formerly we difrentiate d both very wel bt nw anywher u see or mek use of whom u can equaly replace it wit who at anytim u lik or at al time nd u wont be wrong, bt in d past if u do dat u ar wrond. So dear, jst leav english mata 4 matias. Hop u wil read dis 2 get more enlightend. Shalom

eddyland: pls dn't mislead anybody here cos i hav seen ppl already seconding u here, though i knw it ws nt ur intention 2 do dat. But let me teach u smthin u dnt knw here. English as u nd me knw is dynamic nd always evolving. It has passd d tim dat when u hear a word, u jst pik up ur oxford dictionary read nd jst com out 2 argue or tink u ar right witout furtha research. D word dialect is ambiguous, yes it can mean wht u refered 2 as dialect bt dat is nt wht d dialect i used denote. What i used up dier denote any ethnic group standard language nd not d variety of same groups language as u tot.

Let me tel u d origin of dat word dialect nd how it is used. Dialect is a Greek word diskos meaning discourse, nd it has evolved 4rm jst being used in ur context 2 nw being used in varieties of ways, dat is y i said it is ambiguous. U can use it in dat way u refer 2 it ie regional dieclect nd wen used dat way, it refer 2 as regiolect, den u can also use it nw 2 refer 2 any standard ethnic group language, which was d context i used it nd in dis case, it can be referd 2 as ethnolect, nd some oda vireties lik social class nd odas.

So dat is jst it, english is neva static bt alwys evolving. If u check benjamin in dat ur oxford dictionary, u wil not see it, bt it has bin incorprated in english dictionary 2 mean money. Again who nd whose, formerly we difrentiate d both very wel bt nw anywher u see or mek use of whose u can equaly replace it wit who at anytim u lik or at al time nd u wont be wrong, bt in d past if u do dat u ar wrond. So dear, jst leav english mata 4 matias. Hop u wil read dis 2 get more enlightend. Shalom

English language is all about context, and you used the wrong word.

muskham: A big regret it is for me. I can't speak my father's language but fluent in mum's. How I wish it is the reverse.

Reason why I'm furiously against inter-tribal language.

Charlesamino:
We seem 2 b in d same category

Really?

Xplicit1:



Really?

Yea

Much regret.

I sometimes feel that I am directly contributing to the slow death of our culture.

Check this link, I addressed some important point about why younger Nigerians do not speak their native tongue.

https://www.nairaland.com/1895216/reason-why-modern-nigerians-not

phunmydahdah:
I hate to feel like I am being condemned because I can't speak my dialect. Let me quickly add that my parents are not from the same place, while my dad is yoruba my mum is from the north central. They couldn't communicate with each other since they didn't understand each other dialect so they spoke english and they transferred the same to the children. Now my mum and dad speak yoruba to each other because we have stayed in the west for quite sometime and they are beginning to speak yoruba to us which my siblings can speak well now but I can't communicate well in it because I am the first and I got the training right from the scratch speaking english. So how am I to be blamed or feel bad because I can't speak my dialect.

i can help u. Like teach u how to speak yoruba if u dont mind. Free of charge i will do anything for a black beauty walahi

Hmmm true @topic....
I wonder why "modern" parents of today nolonger deem it fit to teach their children their languages and soonest Nigerian languages will go extinct...
Look around you and tell us how many kids speak their local languages among themselves while relating to parents or siblings, all of them feel comfortable in another man's dialect imported during the time when Africans where used as slaves...
Most Nigerians in Diaspora do not allow their kids come home even on holidays to mingle and learn traditions too, they don't speak local dialect with them over there, despite having local names.
I hate when children can't speak their local languages and they still murder the little english they manage to learn while talking.
I think the trend should stop biko, don't just give them local names while depriving them of speaking their dialects, let them visit grandparents once in a year atleast and make your mode of communication to be in your local languages even if both parents are not of the same tribe or ethnic groups, one of them should devout time to teach them african languages and values...

See.....This is one thing I have NEVER been able to understand and to be honest, although it may not necessarily my business, it really does annoy me, and I somehow feel the parents are hypocritical for doing that. seriously. You'll meet a child who's name is Chinagorom, Ebuka, Ginikanwa, but simple 'kedu' they can't answer with 'odinma' or however the case may be. I wonder, what is the point then of giving them native names if you won't at least try to teach them a bit of the language? this doesn't apply to all people, but some of those I've seen in other countries who even form accent to talk to their own children. Na wa for dem

I rgret that I can speak Igbo, but I'm doing something about it.

Its actually the practice that will make the difference. Little by little you will learn the language. The best people to help are your family. They can easily replace some English words with Igbo ones, and you can also do the same in reply.

Small consistent replacements with an understanding of how the language is constructed will help. Nowadays there are many resources to learn Igbo language. Even the Naija songs can help, where they soeak in Igbo small, and English small (as its usually a translation). There are Igbo films now, but the issue is the subtitles.

I'm going to carry on trying to learn, because my kids need to know and have their heritage, which is not just food, customs etc, but the Igbo language.

Everyone who wants to learn their native/heritage language, good luck......you'll get there!

Can anyone suggest some Igbo movies or programmes that provide subtitles or that are directed at small children?