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The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by DisGuy: 4:13am On May 24, 2007 |
I have read there are more than 250 tribes in nigeria, where they get the figure from i dont know Igbo(Ibo) Hausa Yoruba can you please list all the others cheers 1 Like |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by nosa101(f): 8:47am On May 24, 2007 |
I really wish tribes were nonexistent |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by mohadana: 2:33pm On May 24, 2007 |
ijaw-River state Esan tribe- Edo state Bin(Edo)-Edo state Tiv-Benue State itsekiri-Delta state Idoma-Benue state Nupe? Isoko-Delta state. more to come later. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by mohadana: 4:47pm On May 24, 2007 |
more ethnic groups of nigeria. Ibibio-Akwa Ibom state Efik-Cross River state Akoko-edo-Edo state Degema-River state Estako{Auchi peers}-Edo state Urhobo-Delta state Kwale-Delta state Bini(Edo}Edo state Ahonda-Rivers state kANURI-part northerners. 1 Like |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by laudate: 5:01pm On May 24, 2007 |
Igala - Kogi & Benue states Igbirra - Kogi, Benue & Plateau area Kalabari - Rivers Bachama - Adamawa Kataf - Kaduna state Birom - Plateau 'Can't remember all the rest now. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by DisGuy: 9:40pm On May 24, 2007 |
nosa101: yea we all do, but they'll be nothing to whine about, nobody to blame come on people! I bet we dont have upto 100 someone made it up |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by needeeg(m): 1:40pm On May 25, 2007 |
Nupe, Niger state Fulani, Adamawa st |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by laudate: 1:44pm On May 25, 2007 |
Fulani people cut across other states o. They are also a minority tribe in Kwara, Sokoto, Maiduguri etc. 1 Like |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by uyai(f): 1:13am On May 30, 2007 |
oron ----- Akwa ibom eket------Akwa ibom annang----akwa ibom state mbo---- akwa ibom state ibibio----- Akwa ibom sate ibeno-----Akwa ibom state 1 Like |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by mohadana: 5:30pm On May 30, 2007 |
all this in Akwa Ibom. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by uyai(f): 12:57am On May 31, 2007 |
yep |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by laudate: 6:24pm On Jun 15, 2007 |
State Language(s) & Ethnic Groups Abia Igbo & Ibibio Adamawa Hausa, Fulfulde, Bachama, Mbula, Gude, Lunguda, Kanakuru, Yandand, Batta, Highi, Kilba, Bura, Yungur Akwa-Ibom Ibibio, Annang, Oron, Mbe, Okobo, HuMbuno, Eket, Andoni (Obolo) Anambra Igbo Bauchi Hausa, Fulfulde, Bayelsa Kolokuma (Izon) Benue Tiv, Idoma, Igede Borno Hausa, Kanuri, Fulfulde, Margi, Schwa, Babur Cross River Efik, Ejagham, Bekwara Delta Enuani, Ika, Ndokwa, Okpe, Urhobo, Isekiri, Isoko, Ijo, Delta Pidgin, Igbo Ebonyi Igbo Edo Edo (Bini), Esan, Esako, Okpameri, Owan Ekiti Yoruba Enugu Igbo Gombe Hausa Imo Igbo Jigawa Hausa Kaduna Hausa Kano Hausa Katsina Hausa Kebbi Hausa, Fulfulde, (Zabaramanchi) Kogi Yoruba, Ebira, Bassa, Igala, Igbira-Koto, Basankomo, (Kakanda, Oworo) Kwara Yoruba, Nupe, Baruteen, (Hausa) Lagos Yoruba, Egun Nassarawa Hausa Niger Hausa, Nupe, Gbagi, (Gwari), Kambari, Kamuku Ogun Yoruba Ondo Yoruba, Egberi (a dialect of Izon/Ijaw) Osun Yoruba Oyo Yoruba Plateau Berom, Ngas, Tarok, Mwahavul, Goemai, Eggon, Borghan (Hausa) (Fulfulde in preaching) Rivers Ikwere, Kalabari, Kana, Port Harcourt Pidgin (Special English) Sokoto Hausa, Fulfulde Taraba Hausa, Fulfulde, Mumuye, Junkun Yobe Hausa, Fulfulde, Kanuri, Bolewa, Badenchi, Karikari Zamfara Hausa *Source*: Mutilingualism in Nigeria: The Example of Rivers State by Ethelbert E. Kari; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Tokyo, Japan. A Paper Presented at the Seminar on Multilingual Situation and Related Local Cultures in Asia and Africa Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, 25 March, 2002 2 Likes |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by DisGuy: 10:34pm On Jun 16, 2007 |
wow thats a good list, but you will notice its still not upto the 250 everyone is bashing about. It's not even upto 100 |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by laudate: 2:29pm On Jun 18, 2007 |
Yeah, it isn't. I haven't come across an exhaustive list yet. I'm sure there must be a federal govt. document that contains more info. somewhere, but I haven't been able to lay my hands on it. Still searching, though. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by omoge(f): 11:32am On Jun 19, 2007 |
the goma tribe is not there am sure many others are not listed Cheers. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by ow11(m): 7:30pm On Sep 12, 2007 |
It may actually get to 250 but i can only list those in RV state Abua Ekpeye Ikwerre Etche Ogba Engenni Kalabari Opobo/Nkoro Ibani Andoni Okrika Obolo Ogoni Eleme |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by pilas: 8:17pm On Sep 12, 2007 |
Rivers state self. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by DisGuy: 11:50pm On Sep 12, 2007 |
ow11 are those tribes or just villages? |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by ssRhino: 12:05am On Sep 13, 2007 |
This is a good place to learn nigerian tribes, guys, pls keep it coming. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by ow11(m): 1:24pm On Sep 13, 2007 |
Dis Guy: they are actually tribes with distinct languages albiet they only sometimes exist in one village. they are grouped coarsely into three but that doesnt do justice ( a la kalabari, khana and Ikwerre). the etche language sounds a lot like Igbo though |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by pilas: 7:28pm On Sep 13, 2007 |
hummmmmmmmm. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by laudate: 8:34pm On Sep 13, 2007 |
ow11, What's the difference between Omoku and Ogba? I thought the indigenes of Omoku were Ogba people? I also thought that Ibani meant the same thing as Bonny, and folks from that area were Kalabari people? Or is there a difference? |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by ow11(m): 8:36pm On Sep 14, 2007 |
laudate: Ibani is Bonny and I didnt put Ibani and Bonny together. I did do my reserach and Omoku people are actually ogba. its Odili's people that make up the 15th tribe. In a broad sense, some people say kalabari,Nkoro,opobo,andoni,ibani and okrika are eastern Ijaw but the languages and culture are different. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by stranger12: 6:40pm On Sep 15, 2007 |
you need to visit this site http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NG it is an ethnologue here is an extract Abanyom a lot would be extinct in the next 60 years and after that there would be less than 15 languages in nigeria |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by MP007(m): 8:12am On Sep 16, 2007 |
yoruba igbo efiki nupe irobo chi kafa isekiri hausa fulani tapa kanuri ogoni Kalabari Opobo Ibani Andoni Okriki Abua Ahoada Ikwerre Etche Ogba Omoku Engenni Egba ATaba Ogoni Eleme Ijebu Yewa Tiv, Idoma , Igede Bolewa, Badenchi, Karikari Fulfulde, Mumuye, Junkun Esan, Esako, Okpameri, Owan Ibibio, Annang, Oron, Mbe , Okobo, HuMbuno, Eket, Andoni (Obolo) Efik, Ejagham , Bekwara Tiv, Idoma, Igede Enuani, Ika, Ndokwa, Okpe, Urhobo, Isekiri, Isoko, Ijo, Berom, Ngas, Tarok, Mwahavul, Goemai, Eggon, Borghan Ijesa |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by pilas: 9:22pm On Sep 17, 2007 |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by Ifygurl: 4:20am On Oct 10, 2008 |
There are. Actually it said there are MORE THAN 250 tribes in Nigeria. As for they still counting to determine the exact number which is so cool. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by ezeagu(m): 12:25am On Oct 11, 2008 |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by grafikdon: 12:34am On Oct 11, 2008 |
I don't think we have anything close to 250. Seems like somebody made this thing up for special effects. . . . I sure hope people are not counting clans and villages as ethnic groups |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by skywalk: 4:41pm On Oct 11, 2008 |
I checked the site given above and its nt accurate. Am talking particularly about Kaduna State which i know, some of them are villages nd nt tribes, like numbers 190: kajuru, 224: manchok, 212: Kwaro. And some i hv never heard of before like, 308: Rumada, 309: Rumaya, 200: Kanufi, 207: Kiballo. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by grafikdon: 4:51pm On Oct 11, 2008 |
skywalk: That has been my suspicion. I honestly do not think we have anything close to 100 ethnic groups in the right sense of the word. Clans and villages don't count. |
Re: The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria by thegame(m): 8:03pm On Dec 20, 2008 |
stranger12: this list shows languages and not ethnic groups/tribes. and the bad news here is that i have an assignment to submit asking me to get 250 ethnic groups i nigeria in 2 days. someone help me out? |
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