Hello Nairalanders, many times I've heard about accent and intonation but seriously the online definition is really difficult to understand and the examples are of foreign origin. I'm hoping people here can explain it better using Nigerian examples and analogies.

Both intonation and accent are features of pronunciation.

Intonation is how an individual's spoken words come across to his listeners. Intonation is not about what you said. Its about how you said it.

Did you speak in a welcoming, cheerful, lively , grumpy , sad or forceful manner.

Accent is the similar way a group of people pronounce words and the rythym in their way of talking. Thus from the way of speaking, you can recognise what part of the world they are from.

Therefore two people can have the same accent, but different intonations.

Eg. Mohammed who is Hausa will speak English with an Hausa accent just like Bello who also has an Hausa accent. But their intonations may be different as Mohammed who is a soldier tends to speak more forcefully compared to Bello who is a musician whose intonation is generally cheerful.

otipoju:
Both intonation and accent are features of pronunciation.

Intonation is how an individual's spoken words come across to his listeners. Intonation is not about what you said. Its about how you said it.

Did you speak in a welcoming, cheerful, lively , grumpy , sad or forceful manner.

Accent is the similar way a group of people pronounce words and the rythym in their way of talking. Thus from the way of speaking, you can recognise what part of the world they are from.

Therefore two people can have the same accent, but different intonations.

Eg. Mohammed who is Hausa will speak English with an Hausa accent just like Bello who also has an Hausa accent. But their intonations may be different as Mohammed who is a soldier tends to speak more forcefully compared to Bello who is a musician whose intonation is generally cheerful.

Succinct!

otipoju:
Both intonation and accent are features of pronunciation.

Intonation is how an individual's spoken words come across to his listeners. Intonation is not about what you said. Its about how you said it.

Did you speak in a welcoming, cheerful, lively , grumpy , sad or forceful manner.

Accent is the similar way a group of people pronounce words and the rythym in their way of talking. Thus from the way of speaking, you can recognise what part of the world they are from.

Therefore two people can have the same accent, but different intonations.

Eg. Mohammed who is Hausa will speak English with an Hausa accent just like Bello who also has an Hausa accent. But their intonations may be different as Mohammed who is a soldier tends to speak more forcefully compared to Bello who is a musician whose intonation is generally cheerful.

Wow! You're good. Thanks a lot. Now I understand. Thanks so much