this thread is not about bashing any ethnic group...so bigots should keep off

out of the 36 states in Nigeria, I take pride in the fact that I have been to almost 2/3 of them, as a matter of fact I have been to all geo political zones in this country......thanks to business, education, etc..

during the course of my travels, I have come in contact with so many people from the different ethnic groups that make up Nigeria and one thing I noticed is that the igbos have this nick for learning, speaking and ( almost) perfecting other people's language more than any other tribe in Nigeria,


for instance my own dad can speak hausa just like any hausa man I know (even the rankadede part way dy sweet me die) but I have not been able to see any hausa man who can speak igbo...,my yoruba neighbor can speak a little igbo but that's just it....my question is : is there any reason for this?

finding the man is like get a pin at the bottom of the sea....

but most Igbo in north and west can speak those fluently like muaaa....

yuroba ko si gba ori lati ko eko, awọn nikan ni ohun ti won le se o dara ju ni owambe ati ewedu...

them go rush me now like hungry lion

any ofe nmanu that quotes me now , Agu ga adowaa ya agbaa....
agwooo ojiee ga atu ya onuh

You people should get Emilokoiyawon the guy is one badass polyglot - Ogun State boy who speaks many Nigerian languages fluently.I bow for am.

FisifunKododada:
You people should get Emilokoiyawon the guy is one badass polyglot - Ogun State boy who speaks many Nigerian languages fluently.I bow for am.

for real?

I think it's almost impossible to find a hausa man who speaks Igbo.

nwadiuko1:
for real?

Mosdef - although its been awhile I saw him on NL

MorrowCaligari:
I think it's almost impossible to find a hausa man who speaks Igbo.

Clearly you haven't been to Onitsha. Or Enugu.

Radoillo:


Clearly you haven't been to Onitsha. Or Enugu.

Nope I have not. Not every northerner you see is hausa btw, or even Nigerian. Its sort of a cultural thing.

MorrowCaligari:


Nope I have not. Not every northerner you see is hausa btw, or even Nigerian. Its sort of a cultural thing.

I know this. Not every southerner brands all northerners Hausas - I know who is who. I also know there are young Hausa men and women born and raised in towns and cities and even villages in the southeast who speak Igbo without any trace of a non-Igbo accent. Some of them were my playmates in my childhood days in Enugu.

Even in my home town, there are young Hausa tenants living in my uncle's compound who speak my 'native' dialect better than myself.

Radoillo:


I know this. Not every southerner brands all northerners Hausas - I know who is who. I also know there are young Hausa men and women born and raised in towns and cities and even villages in the southeast who speak Igbo without any trace of a non-Igbo accent. Some of them were my playmates in my childhood days in Enugu.

Even in my home town, there are young Hausa tenants living in my uncle's compound who speak my native dialect better than myself.

Then they're Igbos as far as i or any other Hausa is concerned. ethnicity without culture is worthless.

I'd love to meet them though.

I nweighi nsogbu nwanna, aha m bu Abdul-Raheem Zubair aha nke-nke m bu DanZubair. A muru m na Onitsha, guo akwukwo na Aguoji Primari Skulu Ifite-dunu na kwa Nnamdi Azikiwe Sekondiri Skulu Abagana na Standard International Sekondiri Skulu Eziowelle.
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O bu eziokwu na o fiara aru nweta, onye awusa na asu igbo nke ukwu ka ndi igbo na asu awusa. Ihe nke mbu kpatara ya bu na otutu ndi awusa na-aga ala igbo a dighi ano otutu afo ma oge ka ndi igbo bi n'ugwu awusa, nke abuo bu na ndi igbo enweghi nsopuru n'asusu ha: o bu mgbe isopuru asusu gi, nye ya ugwu kwesiri ya ka onye ozo ga-enwe mmasi n'imu asusu ahu, nke ato bu na ha na ezinaulo ha anaghi ebikaba nke ga-eme ka ha noo otutu oge, nke ikpe azu bu na ahia ha na-azu maobu oru ha na-aru gasi enweghi isi ma atuyere ha na ndi igbo bi ugwu.
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Tupu mmadu amuta asusu, o ga-enwe kwanu nke bu oge, guo akwukwo di na ya, dee ihe di na, diee mkpari di na ya tupu o buru okaa okwuru.
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Ana m asu ya, ede ya, agwu ya, na-agafe ya n'ule m nile mgbe m guru, nwee ya credit n'ule junior waec, nwee ya b3 n'ule senior waec. Kam gwa gi nke bu eziokwu o nwere otu ubochi ndi n'ahu maka igwu akwukwo si aga (Supervisors) biara n'ulo akwukwo anyi, ka ha mechara ihe ha biara otu n'ime ha wee juo, 'Onye ga-ebili guoro m mbido igbo? Ha nile nwee daa ogbi- onwghi onye okwe mmewu n'ime ha. Kam biliri gwa ha aha m, safeta nkega guba, ndi ozi ahu juputara n'anuri na nwute ka onye awusa si ugwu awusa biara ala igbo muta asusu ha ma na-agwu kwa ya agwu. Ha mechara laa, gwa onye isi ha ka ha jere. Abdullahi nwee malitenu nwube n'aguoji, goomenti nke nta, ifite-dunu na otutu obodo gbara ha okirikiri. Nke mere na nnamdi azikiwe bu na ka ha choputara ihe na-aganu, onye nkuzi nye m na otu onye Yoruba mkpisi odee iji gbalite anyi ume na mmasi anyi nwere n'asusu ha. Onwe kwara nke mere na standard international sekondiri skulu eziowelle ebe m mere ofuma n'ulo karia ndi kporo onwe ha ndi igbo w.d.g.z
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Hope you're impreased for finding an hausaigbo///

DanZubair:
I nweighi nsogbu nwanna, aha m bu Abdul-Raheem Zubair aha nke-nke m bu DanZubair. A muru m na Onitsha, guo akwukwo na Aguoji Primari Skulu Ifite-dunu na kwa Nnamdi Azikiwe Sekondiri Skulu Abagana na Standard International Sekondiri Skulu Eziowelle.

O bu eziokwu na o fiara aru nweta, onye awusa na asu igbo nke ukwu ka ndi igbo na asu awusa. Ihe nke mbu kpatara ya bu na otutu ndi awusa na-aga ala igbo a dighi ano otutu afo ma oge ka ndi igbo bi n'ugwu awusa, nke abuo bu na ndi igbo enweghi nsopuru n'asusu ha: o bu mgbe isopuru asusu gi, nye ya ugwu kwesiri ya ka onye ozo ga-enwe mmasi n'imu asusu ahu, nke ato bu na ha na ezinaulo ha anaghi ebikaba nke ga-eme ka ha noo otutu oge, nke ikpe azu bu na ahia ha na-azu maobu oru ha na-aru gasi enweghi ma atuyere ha na ndi igbo bi ugwu.

Tupu mmadu amuta asusu, o ga-enwe kwanu oge, guo akwukwo di na ya, dee ihe di na, dieh mkpari di na ya tupu o buru okaa okwuru.

Ana m asu ya, ede ya, agwu ya, na-agafe ya n'ule m nile, nwee ya credit n'ule junior waec, nwee ya b3 n'ule senior waec. Kam gwa gi nke bu eziokwu o nwere otu ubochi ndi n'ahu maka igwu si aga (Supervisors) biara n'ulo akwukwo anyi, ka ha mechara ihe ha biara ha wee juo, 'Onye ga-ebili guoro m mbido igbo? Ha nile nwee daa ogbi- onwghi onye okwe mmewu n'ime ha. Kam biliri gwa ha aha m, safeta nkega guba, ndi ozi ahu juputara n'anuri na nwute ka onye awusa si ugwu awusa biara ala igbo muta asusu ha ma na-agwu kwa ya agwu. Ha mechara laa, gwa onye isi ha ka ha jere. Abdullahi nwee malitenu nwube n'aguoji, goomenti nke nta, ifite-dunu na otutu obodo gbara ha okirikiri. Nke mere na nnamdi azikiwe bu na ka ha choputara ihe na-aganu, nye m na otu onye Yoruba mkpisi odee iji gbalite anyi ume na mmasi anyi nwere n'asusu ha. Onwe kwara nke mere na standard international sekondiri skulu eziowelle ebe m mere ofuma n'ulo karia ndi kporo onwe ha ndi igbo w.d.g.z

Be pleased for finding an hausaigbo///

Looool! Pathetic. First of all who calls himself Dan zubair? Let's say by some miracle you aren't a fraud or using a dictionary....


In karya Nike yi, yanzu sai muyi magana da hausa.
Makaryaci.

MorrowCaligari:



Then they're Igbos as far as i or any other Hausa is concerned. ethnicity without culture is worthless.

I'd love to meet them though.

Really?

Would you consider the hundreds (perhaps even thousands) of Kano-born, Kano-raised Igbos who speak fluent Hausa and no Igbo as Hausa?

And I never suggested that the Igbo-speaking Hausas who I know have no exposure to their own Hausa language and culture. Most of them speak Hausa with their parents and live like every other Hausa. All I said is they speak effortless Igbo, so I don't quite get what you mean by 'ethnicity without culture'.

Kamar yadda sunana yake, daga gani kasan bahaushe ne amman tunda ka karyata ni kazo ka koya min tunda karya nake. Proud of learning the language and being with them for long time and learnt a lot from them

MorrowCaligari:


Looool! Pathetic. First of all who calls himself Dan zubair? Let's say by some miracle you aren't a fraud or using a dictionary....


In karya Nike yi, yanzu sai muyi magana da hausa.
Makaryaci.

DanZubair:
Kamar yadda sunana yake, daga gani kasan bahaushe ne amman tunda ka karyata ni kazo ka koya min tunda karya nake. Proud of learning the language and being with them for long time and learnt a lot from them

nazo nakoya maka mne? ina ka grma?

goodluck translating that.

no one calls himself that. even the hyphen when spelling that name is unusual. especially not on nairaland.

you my friend are a fraud.cant be a coincidence you came up just when i was denying your existence. what are the odds, of all the yorubas here, its a hausa person who shows up. lol! blowing your own horns, smh!

Radoillo:


Really?

Would you consider the hundreds (perhaps even thousands) of Kano-born, Kano-raised Igbos who speak fluent Hausa and no Igbo as Hausa?

And I never suggested that the Igbo-speaking Hausas who I know have no exposure to their own Hausa language and culture. Most of them speak Hausa with their parents and live like every other Hausa. All I said is they speak effortless Igbo, so I don't quite get what you mean by 'ethnicity without culture'.

nope, no i would not. its up to you guys to decide who they are.

its impossible for someone versed in hausa the hausa dialect to speak effortless igbo like youre saying. as the language structures are different he must be betraying one of them.

not denying their existence by the way, i've met some that understand parts of igbo, just that theyre very scarce. for one, even hausas who work in the east prefer to leave their family in the north, we like to keep in touch with our culture. Also, hausas are not concerned with or interested in learning other nigerian languages, I've be it fulfulde or yoruba, its actually a flaw but thats the way it is.

DanZubair:
I nweighi nsogbu nwanna, aha m bu Abdul-Raheem Zubair aha nke-nke m bu DanZubair. A muru m na Onitsha, guo akwukwo na Aguoji Primari Skulu Ifite-dunu na kwa Nnamdi Azikiwe Sekondiri Skulu Abagana na Standard International Sekondiri Skulu Eziowelle.
.
O bu eziokwu na o fiara aru nweta, onye awusa na asu igbo nke ukwu ka ndi igbo na asu awusa. Ihe nke mbu kpatara ya bu na otutu ndi awusa na-aga ala igbo a dighi ano otutu afo ma oge ka ndi igbo bi n'ugwu awusa, nke abuo bu na ndi igbo enweghi nsopuru n'asusu ha: o bu mgbe isopuru asusu gi, nye ya ugwu kwesiri ya ka onye ozo ga-enwe mmasi n'imu asusu ahu, nke ato bu na ha na ezinaulo ha anaghi ebikaba nke ga-eme ka ha noo otutu oge, nke ikpe azu bu na ahia ha na-azu maobu oru ha na-aru gasi enweghi isi ma atuyere ha na ndi igbo bi ugwu.
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Tupu mmadu amuta asusu, o ga-enwe kwanu nke bu oge, guo akwukwo di na ya, dee ihe di na, diee mkpari di na ya tupu o buru okaa okwuru.
.
Ana m asu ya, ede ya, agwu ya, na-agafe ya n'ule m nile mgbe m guru, nwee ya credit n'ule junior waec, nwee ya b3 n'ule senior waec. Kam gwa gi nke bu eziokwu o nwere otu ubochi ndi n'ahu maka igwu akwukwo si aga (Supervisors) biara n'ulo akwukwo anyi, ka ha mechara ihe ha biara otu n'ime ha wee juo, 'Onye ga-ebili guoro m mbido igbo? Ha nile nwee daa ogbi- onwghi onye okwe mmewu n'ime ha. Kam biliri gwa ha aha m, safeta nkega guba, ndi ozi ahu juputara n'anuri na nwute ka onye awusa si ugwu awusa biara ala igbo muta asusu ha ma na-agwu kwa ya agwu. Ha mechara laa, gwa onye isi ha ka ha jere. Abdullahi nwee malitenu nwube n'aguoji, goomenti nke nta, ifite-dunu na otutu obodo gbara ha okirikiri. Nke mere na nnamdi azikiwe bu na ka ha choputara ihe na-aganu, onye nkuzi nye m na otu onye Yoruba mkpisi odee iji gbalite anyi ume na mmasi anyi nwere n'asusu ha. Onwe kwara nke mere na standard international sekondiri skulu eziowelle ebe m mere ofuma n'ulo karia ndi kporo onwe ha ndi igbo w.d.g.z
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Be pleased for finding an hausaigbo///

if you are really an hausa man.....am really impressed

nwadiuko1:
if you are really an hausa man.....am really impressed

Radoillo in disguise.

MorrowCaligari:


Radoillo in disguise.

Indeed. Radoillo has nothing better to do than to hide behind fake monikers and pretend to be an Igbo-speaking Hausa man, because you see, his very survival depends on convincing people that there are Hausas who speak fluent Igbo. *shakes head*

FYI, that Igbo is too 'wooden' to be written by me. And I can't type a phrase in Hausa even if my life depended on it. But you are welcome to continue making assumptions like this. After all, assumptions and deliberate attempts to irritate people are things you seem to enjoy doing on this forum.

Radoillo:


Indeed. Radoillo has nothing better to do than to hide behind fake monikers and pretend to be an Igbo-speaking Hausa man, because you see, his very survival depends on convincing people that there are Hausas who speak fluent Igbo. *shakes head*

FYI, that Igbo is too 'wooden' to be written by me. And I can't type a phrase in Hausa even if my life depended on it. But you are welcome to continue making assumptions like this. After all, assumptions and deliberate attempts to irritate people are things you seem to enjoy doing on this forum.

All part of your deception, including the use of translators. and no i dont enjoy it, its just you guys force me to act like a douche sometimes when in actuality, not to toot my own horn, but im a very nice person.

MorrowCaligari:


All part of your deception, including the use of translators. and no i dont enjoy it, its just you guys force me to act like a douche sometimes when in actuality, not to toot my own horn, but im a very nice person.

If telling you that I know Hausa boys in Enugu and Awka who are fluent in Igbo 'forces' you to act like a douche, then you need to do a self reexamination. You could be a douche for real.

Radoillo:


If telling you that I know Hausa boys in Enugu and Awka who are fluent in Igbo 'forces' you to act like a douche, then you need to do a self reexamination. You could be a douche for real.

Thats not what tipped me off. What tipped me off was you trying to antagonise me over a simple statement.

MorrowCaligari:


Radoillo in disguise.

In other words, Radiollo registered the ID 9 months ago and lay in wait just for the opportunity to post on this thread/ prove that there are some Hausa's that speak Igbo. Very funny thought process you have there, MorrowCaligari

Radoillo:


If telling you that I know Hausa boys in Enugu and Awka who are fluent in Igbo 'forces' you to act like a douche, then you need to do a self reexamination. You could be a douche for real.

Eziokwu!!!

Nwanne, Kedu? Happy New Year.

Inuna maka sitenu ana kpo Omambala? Biko je netuta aya.

#Udo

Phut:


In other words, Radiollo registered the ID 9 months ago and lay in wait just for the opportunity to post on this thread/ prove that there are some Hausa's that speak Igbo. Very funny thought process you have there, MorrowCaligari

well, almost everyone on NL has multiple accounts and yes they do come in handy for them in these situations when trying to prove a point.

you're the one with the dim witted thought process, probably because you haven't been here for long or youre just, you know....

Phut:


Eziokwu!!!

Nwanne, Kedu? Happy New Year.

Inuna maka sitenu ana kpo Omambala? Biko je netuta aya.

#Udo

Ano m there already. Mana oburo afa m na nairaland ka m na-aza ebe ahu. Akana m enyogodi the site enyo.

Happy New Year, to you, too. May all your prayers come true.

Phut:


In other words, Radiollo registered the ID 9 months ago and lay in wait just for the opportunity to post on this thread/ prove that there are some Hausa's that speak Igbo. Very funny thought process you have there, MorrowCaligari

Please don't defend me too much...or you could end up being labelled one of my plethora of monikers.

Radoillo:


Please don't defend me too much...or you could end up being labelled one of my plethora of monikers.

I'm aware of his/her existence on this forum.

Radoillo:


Indeed. Radoillo has nothing better to do than to hide behind fake monikers and pretend to be an Igbo-speaking Hausa man, because you see, his very survival depends on convincing people that there are Hausas who speak fluent Igbo. *shakes head*

[b]FYI, that Igbo is too 'wooden' to be written by me.[/b]And I can't type a phrase in Hausa even if my life depended on it. But you are welcome to continue making assumptions like this. After all, assumptions and deliberate attempts to irritate people are things you seem to enjoy doing on this forum.

Eziokwu. Igbo yi sopiara.
DanZubair gbaniri agbani. Mana iche di ya.

Radoillo:


Ano m there already. Mana oburo afa m na nairaland ka m na-aza ebe ahu. Akana m enyogodi the site enyo.

Happy New Year, to you, too. May all your prayers come true.

Ise!!!

Obudi kwa soso inyo enyo. I ya na posti kwa ka uzo n'ine na ekpo okwu

Phut:


Eziokwu. Igbo yi sopiara.
DanZubair gbaniri agbani. Mana iche di ya.

O bu n'imaghi maka mkpuruokwu ndi oyibo kporo "Typographical error" A mam n'onweghi mgbe mga asukata maobu dekata ka ndi afo...

MorrowCaligari:
I think it's almost impossible to find a hausa man who speaks Igbo.

Lots of Hausas living in the east speak Igbo fluently. You just don't find them online. Neither would you easily find them in the North or West. You need to be in the east to see them. I grew up partially in Owerri and in the state capital, the Hausas have a thriving settlement called 'ama awusa' in Igbo meaning 'Hausa settlement/area', where they live, trade and co-habit peacefully with the Igbos. Tons of those Hausas speak and understand Igbo fluently, many times with an Hausa accent. Just walking past that area you would find several smart well-dressed Hausa businessmen by the roadside speaking fluent Igbo to you trying to attract you to their line of business. These men trade in several lines of business from currency exchange, tailoring, suya businesses etc.

The fact is that Hausas are just not predisposed like the Igbos or Yorubas to actively use social media and it explains why you don't find much of them on this forum. Thus you have a very small sample size for your statistics.

I have seen several Yorubas who can speak Igbo as well, but they were mostly in the East. Heck while I was in UNN, this yoruba man, ayo, could speak not just Igbo but very core Nsukka dialect, as natively as the lead actress in the Igbo movie, Nwa Nsukka, could speak it. Yorubas are not predisposed to traveling to the east that much so you have a smaller number of those who speak Igbo.

Just as the multi-lingual Igbos you see are those living outside Igboland, you would have to travel to Igboland to find Igbo-speaking non natives.

From my observation, Yorubas are not as inclined to learn Igbo language as Igbos are to learn Yoruba or Hausa. The Hausas seem to be more inclined to learn Igbo than Yorubas. I know this Yoruba real estate agent in Owerri who speaks Igbo very well and it really helps his business. This is the very same ideology that the Igbos realize that makes those living outside Igboland willing to learn the language of their hosts to promote their business.

In Nigeria, those from the south-south especially the Ibibio/Efik, parts of Ijawland etc. and the Idomas, Hausas etc. show the most willingness to learn Igbo language.

I've written about this before. There are lots of Igbo-speaking non Igbos especially in the south east but you don't often see them. Nollywood should begin producing movies acted entirely by Igbo-speaking non Igbos and watch how these movies would sell. There are many of them out there. It would definitely be a pleasant sight to tune to an Igbo language movie with cast names all of non-Igbo origin but acted entirely in Igbo language.