dialfa:
From their own account, it seems they are descendants of another tribe called Akpa, that were adopted by Igbo Ukwu



http://www.ebonyionline.com/origin-of-afikpo-ehugbo/

whoever that gave that account needs to be exterminated for ever!!

If you can understand Ezza,Agba (Ishielu LGA) then you wouldn't have problem understanding them though its smhw difficult. If you can understand Ezza,Agba (Ishielu LGA) then you wouldn't have problem understanding them though its smhw difficult.

dialfa:


I understand ngwa completely.

I hear Afikpo and understand their spoken dialect

Do you know Ngwa dialect have different alphabet from your usual Igbo alphabet.

Can you write Ngwa dialect with Igbo alphabets without missing in translation?

Your problem with hearing Ebonyi people then is that you haven't lived or spent quality time with them.

NgeneUkwenu:


The same here, with the exception of Effium dialect which I am 100% sure is not an Igbo Language.

Afikpo also has a very rich culture. I love their masquerades In the days of yore, they used to chase "shit" out of us the students, especially the "ote erus"

Nne, it seems you attended SFAIGS

dialfa:
I am asking because I can't understand anything they are saying

What of Arochukwu. ?

Yes o! Almost all Ebonyi state laguagues are hard to understand

dialfa:


No, it doesn't.

We have been raised to believe many things that history don't agree with.
They may or may not be Igbos. I don't know which is why I'm asking. From what's posted above culled from their website, even themselves doubt as per their origins.

pls stop that, these people are northern an Hausas.

disumusa:
pls stop that, these people are northern an Hausas.

No mind am, pple wey come from west north tribe.

@OP, they are not Igbos but Ashanti from Ghana. That you don't understand their dialect shouldn't make you question their Igboness.
Since i don't understand Aro or Ohafia dialect, I guess they're from Cameroon.

dialfa:
I understand ngwa completely.

Mind if I ask you who your people are?

ChinenyeN:

Mind if I ask you who your people are?

yes

op your question is senseless

have you met any afikpo person and the refuse to respond to you with general igbo? the fact they have their own dialect which is not far different from main Igbo doesn't call for this

everybody in afikpo speaks and writes general Igbo well even more than some of your people op

op your question is senseless

have you met any afikpo person and the person refuse to respond to you with general igbo? the fact they have their own dialect which is not far different from main Igbo doesn't call for this

everybody in afikpo speaks and writes general Igbo well even more than some of your people op

EastLebanon:
If u can't understand them it means u are not igbo,when u do understand afikpo dialect how can u understand the izza and ezza dialect?

Ezza language is nearer to central Igbo than Afikpo.

NgeneUkwenu:


Tokwu uhuu!!! Afikpo dialect is very easy to assimilate and is far better than Nsukka, Ezza or Izzi. I spent some years here in my formative period.
I can still vividly remember some historic and cultural rivers such as iyiechi Ukpa, otalenkwo, oziza beach etc. Afikpo people are very friendly but stingy

The only people I have problem understanding their dialect is Effium people of Ebonyi State.

Effium is generally two parts,d part that originates from cross river or Benue or so who speak a totally strange language and then d Ezza part who speak Ezza language which is d closest to central Igbo in d whole of d languages spoken in present day Ebonyi state.

If oil had been discovered in Afikpo it would have certainly been in Cross River, Kogi, or even Gombe state by now

dialfa:
yes

Okay, who are your people then? (and I don't mean LGA or state. I mean your clan proper and hometown).

abagoro:
Ali Ehugbo nwo'm ni jokwa!

Jokwa di nwa. I mere egah? I ki labaghi? I mu eya ne me gini na etiti abali? Debe kwere anyi uba-oyi.

Is this politics or what? Everyday are these people Igbo or those people Yoruba? You guys are local

OP chili ise.

Go Ask Afikpo chic, d owner of igboist n ndigbo Facebook group, if she is igbo

abagoro:


He probably is from a far place. Someone from Abiriba, Ohafia, Edda, Nkporo, Ishiagu, Ohaozara and Arochukwu area understands Ehugbo with ease.

Igbo dialects are generally not easily intelligible to someone who has not mixed with all parts of Igboland.

There is nothing like Igboland

ChinenyeN:

Okay, who are your people then? (and I don't mean LGA or state. I mean your clan proper and hometown).

why?

Stvpid op

I have to admit that the Izzi/Ezza/Afikpo dialects are the toughest to understand but they are 100% Igbo. What I usually advice anyone who goes there but cant follow is to ask them to switch to central Igbo.

There are several Igbo dialects that I don't understand and the Abakaliki dialects are some of them. You can literally sell me in Izzi or Izza dialect. It's that bad.
Anyway, back to the question. Afikpo people are definitely Igbos there is no doubt about it, even though their Igbo sounds like a totally different language.

NgeneUkwenu:


Tokwu uhuu!!! Afikpo dialect is very easy to assimilate and is far better than Nsukka, Ezza or Izzi. I spent some years here in my formative period.
I can still vividly remember some historic and cultural rivers such as iyiechi Ukpa, otalenkwo, oziza beach etc. Afikpo people are very friendly but stingy

The only people I have problem understanding their dialect is Effium people of Ebonyi State.

No language is more better.....

lionduke:


No language is more better.....

Anything, even monkey noises, is better than yolobar language
Tufiakwa - each time I hear a yolobar word, a few cells die in my body

dialfa:
why?

You said I could ask, so why are you making this difficult? Anyway, I'm trying to establish some basis to help explain why you believe you understand Ngwa completely. It's either that your people's settlement has to be relatively close by, or that you've spent some time in the area or with some Ngwa to help you get acquainted to Ngwa speech.

If it's none if those, then I'd like to know what it is that lets you believe you understand Ngwa completely. Otherwise, it just seems as though you're either lying or you're probably not aware of what Ngwa is and might be confusing it with Aba township Igbo, which isn't even close.

ChinenyeN:

You said I could ask, so why are you making this difficult? Anyway, I'm trying to establish some basis to help explain why you believe you understand Ngwa completely. It's either that your people's settlement has to be relatively close by, or that you've spent some time in the area or with some Ngwa to help you get acquainted to Ngwa speech.

If it's none if those, then I'd like to know what it is that lets you believe you understand Ngwa completely. Otherwise, it just seems as though you're either lying or you're probably not aware of what Ngwa is and might be confusing it with Aba township Igbo, which isn't even close.

I'm from nnewi, I grew up amongst many nationalities including ngwa and afikpo
I understood ngwa people very well and other Igbos, even those from delta state, nsukka etc, abakaliki was a bit hard but I did pick a few words from my okada driver friends, lol
however afipko, no matter how I try was impossible to get
maybe it's me

Oh okay. Thanks for sharing that dialfa. I appreciate that.

dialfa:


I'm from nnewi, I grew up amongst many nationalities including ngwa and afikpo
I understood ngwa people very well and other Igbos, even those from delta state, nsukka etc, abakaliki was a bit hard but I did pick a few words from my okada driver friends, lol
however afipko, no matter how I try was impossible to get
maybe it's me

OP, if u think u can understand Ngwa dialect, go and speak to Abala-Ibeme people. I swear you will call them another tribe. Ibeme dialect is totally different from all Igbos spoken anywhere, but they're hard core Ngwa, Igbo and Biafrans.