Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,152,296 members, 7,815,521 topics. Date: Thursday, 02 May 2024 at 01:51 PM

List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland - Culture - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Culture / List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland (2389 Views)

Top Five West African Languages Spoken In The United States - 2022 / A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland / Languages Spoken In Each Of The 36 States In Nigeria (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by Frankdoz8: 3:43pm On Mar 03, 2020
List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland
Arochukwu is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Abia state.
Ngwa is an Igbo group, constitute the largest and most populous sub-ethnicity, in southeastern Nigeria. They are found in Abia State.
Nsukka is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Nsukka, Enugu State.
Enuani is an Igbo dialect spoken in Nigeria by the Igbo people of Delta State, Onitsha, Obosi and Ogbaru in Anambra State and Ndoni in Rivers State.
Ukwuani (Anioma) is an Igboid Language. They are found majorly in the Northern part of Delta State and in some parts of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Ukwuani is the second largest ethnic nationality in Delta state after the Urhobo people. It is also the largest in Delta North region which is referred to as the Anioma...
Ozara is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Nkanu west in Enugu state...
Ogba (also Oba) is an Igbo dialect of the Ogba people of Rivers State, Nigeria.
Umuezeohaka is an Igbo dialect/group of people in Ado, Oju, Obi and Okpoku LGAs of Benue state.
Ekpeye is an Igboid language of Rivers State, Nigeria.
Mgbo , Mgbolizhia, is an Igbo dialect spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria.
Ikwerre, is an Igboid language spoken primarily by the Ikwerre people who inhabit Rivers State, Nigeria.
Ezaa is an Igbo language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ikwo , and Mgbo , though they are only marginally mutually intelligible.
Ikwo is an Igbo language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria.
Ohuhu is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Umuahia, Abia state...
Owerre is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Owerri, Imo state...
Agbor is an Igboid dialect with bini influence spoken by the people of Ika south, Delta state..
Ibeku is an Igbo dialect spoken by some people of Owerri and Umuahia in Imo and Abia respectively....
Isuama is an Igbo dialect spoken in by the emacipated slaves from Igbo Origin in Sierra Leone...
Afikpo is an Igbo dialect spoken by some group of people in Ebonyi state...
Ohafia is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Bende in Abia State...
Enugu-Ezike is an Igbo dialect spoken by the Enugu-Ezike people of Enugu state..
Izugbe is an Igbo dialect spoken generally by all Igbo groups..
Idemili is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Idemili North and south in Anambra state...
Mbaise is an Igbo dialect spoken by the people of Mbaise in Imo state

Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by Alexanity(m): 4:00pm On Mar 03, 2020
Good one

1 Like

Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by Ernerstdavid55(m): 4:13pm On Mar 03, 2020
Nice
Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by Nobody: 11:46am On Mar 04, 2020
What language are those in Ihiala, nnewi north and south speaking even ekwusigo?
Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by agadez007(m): 4:28pm On Mar 04, 2020
Idemili is not a dialect every town in idemili speaks igbo differently

1 Like

Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by RedboneSmith(m): 4:52pm On Mar 04, 2020
Ogbaru and Ndoni don't speak Enuani. Ndoni is even closer to Ukwuani than to Enuani.

And while Onitsha is close to Enuani there are clear differences.

Obosi doesn't speak Enuani.


I also doubt that Mbaise speaks one uniform dialect. I've heard that Ezinihitte side of Mbaise speaks somewhat like Ngwa people.

2 Likes

Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by Nobody: 8:16pm On Mar 04, 2020
RedboneSmith:
Ogbaru and Ndoni don't speak Enuani. Ndoni is even closer to Ukwuani than to Enuani.

And while Onitsha is close to Enuani there are clear differences.

Obosi doesn't speak Enuani.


I also doubt that Mbaise speaks one uniform dialect. I've heard that Ezinihitte side of Mbaise speaks somewhat like Ngwa people.


Analysis from Abia state
Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by IDENNAA(m): 11:20pm On Mar 04, 2020
MelesZenawi:



Analysis from Abia state

Redbonesmith is very correct.

Onicha , Idenmili and environs speak what I call Ide-ocha group of dialects
Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by IDENNAA(m): 11:22pm On Mar 04, 2020
Onicha speaks legit Anambra dialect and this is very clear and different from Enuani, same with Obosi

1 Like

Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by edoairways: 12:11am On Mar 05, 2020
Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by Nobody: 4:20am On Mar 05, 2020
IDENNAA:


Redbonesmith is very correct.

Onicha , Idenmili and environs speak what I call Ide-ocha group of dialects

Ide-ocha?

Strange name
Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by darfay: 6:23am On Mar 06, 2020
What dialect do igbo Muslims speak?
Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by CrazyMan(m): 7:41pm On Mar 08, 2020
It's Ngbo not Mgbo.

Also Ohafia isn't only spoken by bende people it's spoken by Ohafia and Edda people. Although there are very little difference between the way an Ohafia man and an Edda speaks but it's the same language.
Re: List Of Igbo Dialects And Where They Are Spoken In Igboland by ChinenyeN(m): 9:31am On Mar 09, 2020
RedboneSmith:
I also doubt that Mbaise speaks one uniform dialect. I've heard that Ezinihitte side of Mbaise speaks somewhat like Ngwa people.

This is basically correct. I'll just add a bit more detail for anyone who cares. Mbaisne is not a uniform dialect group, and can thought of as really the merging of three "meta-dialect groupings". The original stock/meta-grouping having Ngwa affinity, another having Urata (Owerri) affinity and the last having Isu affinity. The Ngwa affinity encompasses the majority of Mbaisne, spreading over Ezinihitte LGA, the majority of Aboh LGA and parts of Ahiazu LGA.

2 Likes

(1) (Reply)

White People Mocking Black People For Halloween Whilst Holding A Nigerian Flag / How Yoruba Kings Practiced Sex Slavery In Pre Colonial Days / About Warri

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 26
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.