somehow:
So you're saying the Europeans named it Benin? I don't get.

And what is the language called?

Kalatium:
It seems most of us do not know about other states in Nigeria. As such i want to use this arena for us to enumerate the languages in our respective states.

I noticed that most people down south assume that once you are from the North you are hausa (aboki) likewise those up north are ignorant of down south.

In case you don't know Kaduna State alone has about 60 languages alone. Names on the bracket is their alternative names.

KADUNA STATE
1. Atyap(kataf)
2. Akurmi(Kurama)
3. Anghan ( Kamanton)
4. Amo,
5. Aruruma(Ruruma)
6. Atachaat ( Kachechere),
7. Kadara(adara)
8. Atuku,
9. Ayu,
10. Bajju,
11. Bakulu/Ikulu
12. Bhazar/Koro
13. Bur (Sanga),
14. Binawa,
15. Dingi,
16. Fantswam,
17. Fulfulde ,
18. Gbagyi,
19. Gure,
20. Gwandara,
21. Gwong (Kagoma),
22. Ham ( Jaba),
23. Hausa,
24. Jangi,
25. Kaibi,
26. Kahugu,
27. Kanufi,
28. Kigono,
29. Kinugu,
30. Kitimi,
31. Kiwafa,
32. Kiwollo,
33. Kono,
34. Kuvori (Surubu),
35. Kuturmi,
36. Tsam (Chawai)
37. Mada (Mardan)
38. Nandu,
39. Nduyah,
40. Numana,
41. Nindem,
42. Ningeshe,
43. Ninkyop,
44. Ninzo,
45. Nyenkpa (Yeskwa),
46. Oegworok,
47. Pikal,
48. Pitti,
49. Ribang,
50. Rishuwa,
51. Rumada,
52 Ruruma,
53. Rumayya,
54. Shemawa
55. Sholio (Marwa),
56. Siyawa
57. Takad,
58. Tarri, and
59. Lemoro * not sure,



What about you how many languages does your state has?

SlayerForever:



You need help bro.

Kalatium:

Are you having difficulty understanding simple sentence?
Where did i say that Every state has 59 tribes.

AreaFada2:


Actually Benins are called Edo. I still wonder why Edo was chosen as name of the State. May be it was politics, maybe calling it Benin State would imply Oba of Benin as the only monarch.

People of Edo South do not call themselves Benin (Bini that is totally wrong by the way as the palace has made clear many times). Since at least 1440 Edo South people have called themselves Edo. Benin City it was called Oredo.
The Europeans used Benin Kingdom or Benin Empire, Benin was for their convenience. In reality, Benin State should have been used because it covers far more people than people of Edo South. Before 1991, if you said "I am Edo or Ovbiedo", it meant you come from Edo South. Edo North and Central people didn't identify as Edo then. It might surprise many on Nairaland, as most were not born yet before 1991.

The other side of the coin is that knowingly or unknowingly, calling it Edo State actually narrows everyone more to being from Edo South.

Vinnie2000:

I am from Delta State and we have diz tribes n dialects in bracket...

*Urhobo (Uvwie)
*Urhobo (Okpe)
*Urhobo(Ughievwen)
*Urhobo(Ughelli/Abraka dialect..it's called Agbon or so)

*Ijaw (Igbe-ijoh/okerenkoko)
*Ijaw(Central, Bomadi/some Burutu towns e.g Ojobo, Okpokunou.. )
*Ijaw(Burutu e.g Ogulagha, Odimodi)

*Isoko

*Itsekiri

*Ika(Agbor pple)

*Ukwuani(Obiaruku n Umutu pple)

*Ndokwa (Kwale pple)

*Anioma(Asaba/Issele-ukwu pple)..It is this Group that is Closest to Igbo language because they re facing Onitsha in Anambra..

By the Way, who is d Guy in d first page misrepresenting Delta State??

Vinnie2000:



Dats one of the biggest arguments currently going in Nigeria as per politics n also relating to Baifra..

Truly, Maybe Anioma(D Issele-ukwu, Asaba n Ogwuash-uwku) sometimes agree dat they are Igbo because they re somewhat closer to Onitsha, Anambra state..,

But Ika (Agbor ppl) and Ndokwa(Kwale) will tell you dat they re NEVER Igbos!!

Major Gen Leo Irabor(One of Buhari's newly appointed service chiefs) frm Ika says he IS NOT an Igbo man..

So Igbos should understand diz..U guys cannot force Dem..Am not from doz areas in Delta State, by d way..

Murrynmama:
Shut up Kaduna has only one tribe Hausa, any other thing is fake

spiceadole:

Unnecessary division. All these tribes understand and speak HAUSA. Yes or Yes?

totosucker:
these are not the only languages in Kaduna State. You didn't mention Kamuku and Gwari languages

paul100:

Anioma is made up of more than those 3 places.I am from ubulu Okiti,15mins to Issele-ukwu.Where are you from?

Donaldomo:
How much of Edo do you know!?

Most people from Edo North are actually from Edo too. Tribal wars, quest for freedom from the taxes of then Oba of Benin and other factors made majority of these peoples to migrate from Edo South to most of their present location.

I am from Edo, I'm engrossed in the historical background of my people.

There are also non Edos inside the state. For example, Igarra in Akoko-Edo of Edo North is from Kogi state.

Ahmed0336:
In Nasarawa State we have the following
1. Akwanga( Mada, Hausa, Eggon, Ninzo) 2. Awe ( Hausa, Fulani, Tiv, Eggon) 3. Doma ( Alago, Agatu, Eggon) 4. Nasarawa ( Gbagyi, Ebira, Aho, Bassa) 5 Nasarawa Eggon ( Eggon,) 6 Lafia ( Koro, Kambari, Eggon, Ekye, Gwandara, Rindre) 7. Obi ( Alago, Eggon, Tiv, Koro, Gwandara) 8. Keana ( Alago, Tiv, Gwandara) 9. Wamba( Rindre, Kantana, Ron Kulere, Ninzom, Buh, Arum) 10. Kokona ( Gwandara, Eggon, Mada) 11. Keffi ( Hausa, Fulani) 12. Karu ( Gbagyi, Yeskwa, Aho) 13. Toto ( Gbagyi, Nupe, Ebira)

Vinnie2000:



As I have answered d others, it is d pple demselves dat say they are not Igbos, particularly Ikas(Agbor pple) n Ndokwas(Kwale pple)..

If d Dein of Agbor (Monarch of d Ikas) travels abroad n someone calls him 'An Igbo man', dat would be the most offensive thing d person would be doing!!..

N I feel dey are Right!! Dier forefathers must have migrated from the Core Igbos towns to Delta State, changed a little bit of d language n culture..

Because even in Bayelsa, der is an Ethnic group (Epie or Nembe or so..) dat does not like being called Ijaws!! N dier language is almost similar to Ijaws, in same Bayelsa..

During my NYSC, one guy from bayelsa was so angry about this..

So let's respect d wishes of pple as regards religion n politics..

Kalatium:
It seems most of us do not know about other states in Nigeria. As such i want to use this arena for us to enumerate the languages in our respective states.

I noticed that most people down south assume that once you are from the North you are hausa (aboki) likewise those up north are ignorant of down south.

In case you don't know Kaduna State alone has about 60 languages alone. Names on the bracket is their alternative names.

KADUNA STATE
1. Atyap(kataf)
2. Akurmi(Kurama)
3. Anghan ( Kamanton)
4. Amo,
5. Aruruma(Ruruma)
6. Atachaat ( Kachechere),
7. Kadara(adara)
8. Atuku,
9. Ayu,
10. Bajju,
11. Bakulu/Ikulu
12. Bhazar/Koro
13. Bur (Sanga),
14. Binawa,
15. Dingi,
16. Fantswam,
17. Fulfulde ,
18. Gbagyi,
19. Gure,
20. Gwandara,
21. Gwong (Kagoma),
22. Ham ( Jaba),
23. Hausa,
24. Jangi,
25. Kaibi,
26. Kahugu,
27. Kanufi,
28. Kigono,
29. Kinugu,
30. Kitimi,
31. Kiwafa,
32. Kiwollo,
33. Kono,
34. Kuvori (Surubu),
35. Kuturmi,
36. Tsam (Chawai)
37. Mada (Mardan)
38. Nandu,
39. Nduyah,
40. Numana,
41. Nindem,
42. Ningeshe,
43. Ninkyop,
44. Ninzo,
45. Nyenkpa (Yeskwa),
46. Oegworok,
47. Pikal,
48. Pitti,
49. Ribang,
50. Rishuwa,
51. Rumada,
52 Ruruma,
53. Rumayya,
54. Shemawa
55. Sholio (Marwa),
56. Siyawa
57. Takad,
58. Tarri, and
59. Lemoro * not sure,



What about you how many languages does your state has?

mdpeace:


boss, so nupe people day nasarawa, truly we learn new things everyday

Ahmed0336:

Dem dey o. Even in the state capital the have Angwan Nupawa

AreaFada2:


The bolded is only partly correct. The Portuguese called it Beny by 1473. By 1553 when the British came they called it Benin. Actually it was coastal subjects in Delta who told the Portuguese that the overload/King of Ubini was in the interior. By the 1470s, the former tentative name Ubini had been replaced by Edo decades earlier. It was renamed Edo in 1440 by Oba Ewuare I to honour Edo, a brave executed servant who had saved his life as a prince because the tussle for the crown had turned deadly. Fact is Ubini or Ile-Ubini was never really accepted by Benin people as a name. It was a name outsiders called Igodomigodo.
Today, Urhobo call Benin Aka, Igbo call it Idu, etc. Although both have known good historical reasons to refer to Benin as Aka and Idu but Benin/Edo people do not call themselves such. Yoruba even call it Ado.

Idu was the founder of Edo/Benin nation. Igodomigodo was the real first name Edo/Benin called themselves. The Second self-given name (by Oba Ewuare I) was Edo. Ubini/Beny/Benin or whatever variations was NOT given to Igodo/Edo people by themselves and thus never used in Edo Language. There is no Ovbie Benin or Ovbie Bini. It is Ovbiedo. It was previously Ovbie Igodo. Since Benin became known worldwide as an Empire, for easy recognition sake, Benin is preferred, not Bini. None of the two is indigenous to Edo people anyway.

I hope this clarifies it better.

Daum:


Edo language
Hausa people speak Hausa language

Albert0011:

I rep ukwuani...Umutu precisely
We and Ndokwa speak and understand each other very well...we are all The same.

Sammy07:
My state only has two.

Ondo state

Yoruba and Ijaw

NwaAmaikpe:



1.

Igbo states are the most unified in terms of languages because we speak and understand only one language; money.


If you study Linguistics, you wouldn't have said this. Igbo are yet to have a singular Central or Standard Language till now.

somehow:


So the original name is Igodomigodo and outsiders came to give us a name which we gladly accepted?

Africans!

Who did this to us?

dammypat:



So na Yoruba all those, Akoko with different dialects(a form of language), Owo, Ondo, Akure,Idanre e.t.c in Ondo State dey speak abi?
People who speak pure Yoruba are the Oyo,Osun, even some part of these states I mentioned have their dialect(a form of language) e.g Ife dialect sounds like Akure or Ekiti dialect
Guy language plenty for Ondo state o, I am from one of the town in Akoko and we are well known for diverse language in that part of Ondo state
Yoruba is just a general language for we the Yorubas.

ijawcitizen:
I believe most of these tribes are just clans, sections, towns or dialects of a larger ethnic group.

With proper ethnic grouping, the tribes in Kaduna may not be up to 10.

AreaFada2:

Well, today Nigeria means Niger Area. Niger is from Nigro meaning Black.

Nigeria = Black Area. The British gave it to us. So no wonder even NEPA gives us blackness.

Countries like Ghana changed from Gold Coast, Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, Dahomey sought permission of Oba of Benin to rename their country Republic of Benin. But Giant of Africa could not change from Niggar area.

At least in Benin, there is Ivbiedo (plural for Edo people) or Edo that people call themselves. Nigeria has no such indigenous alternative.