johnmartus:
And more also they hate outsiders that speak their language because of gossip.

zedegit:
Yoruba but a tip would be to open your mouth, be jumping up while shouting "Ah!" "Kilesele" "gbatigbati" one month before you start learning it.

gidgiddy:


Igbo is probably the hardest language. If you did not grow up in Igbo land, or you are not born to Igbo parents, it is virtually impossible to learn to speak Igbo

Thats why there are isnt up to 100 none Igbos worldwide who can speak Igbo fluently

Richy4:
The language that Calabar people speak, U won't even know where to start from learning ...

Another one is Idoma..A friend from high school was trying to teach me while we were in boarding school.. it wasn't entering

oyatz:



Calabar speak Efik language.


Efik, Ibiobio and Idoma aren't really difficult but because there are few people that speak these languages, we don't get used to them and thus appear difficult. Hausa and Yoruba apear to be easier because;

1) We meet many speakers of these languages in our daily lives.

2) There are the languages of commerce and entertainment for many people.

3) Many non-indigenes live amongst themselves and these non-indigenes somehow pick up these languages.

Lorex6:
Leave Delta and go to Imo, they'll speak Igbo and it will sound like advanced Japanese

Ofodirinwa:
has anyone tried learning other nigerian languages? Which was the hardest

Teerach:
Igbo is the hardest. I remembered during secondary school days, many igbo students refused to offer the language. They joined our yoruba class. Our teacher be calling them Omo Igbo.
Me I didn't even think twice. I'm Bayelsa though.

gidgiddy:


Igbo is probably the hardest language. If you did not grow up in Igbo land, or you are not born to Igbo parents, it is virtually impossible to learn to speak Igbo

Thats why there are isnt up to 100 none Igbos worldwide who can speak Igbo fluently

clockwisereport:
Fufulde

Who go even teach you?

Richy4:


Igbo is not really easy to learn... reason being that there are so many dialects in it...
The learner might get confused if an Anambra individual for example tried to teach him/her the language and he/she goes out to practice what he has learnt with Owerri, Ebonyi or even Enugu individual... The confusion of the learner might be epic

youngking22:

Can you speak ijaw? my mum is from there I really wanna speak the language. I just started embracing my ijaw name.

Teerach:

Hahahaha.... Naaaa. My hubby is Akwa Ibom.
But I think there's a thread for that. Where's your dad from?

Prayfortheworld:
I'm Igbo but honestly speaking is Igbo language, you can see an Igbo man speaking Yoruba and Hausa fluently. But you hardly see an Hausa man or a Yoruba man speaking Igbo fluently.
My tailor has been in Igbo land for 24 years but he still can flow so well in Igbo

My Uncle's wife speaks youruba fluently and my Dad speaks Hausa fluently.

Prayfortheworld:
I'm Igbo but honestly speaking is Igbo language, you can see an Igbo man speaking Yoruba and Hausa fluently. But you hardly see an Hausa man or a Yoruba man speaking Igbo fluently.
My tailor has been in Igbo land for 24 years but he still can flow so well in Igbo

My Uncle's wife speaks youruba fluently and my Dad speaks Hausa fluently.

Richy4:


I understand what u were trying to say.. but trust me,I tried the Idoma, but it didn't work.. Also u can agree with me that Efik is a really really fast spoken language... One can't pick any word up while listening to the speakers except if the person was born a genius

ThickSharon123:


To me is Yoruba, then Hausa second, I've lived here for so long in their Lagos state, but I can't speak anything. I don't really like the language becuase it's more like you're picking a fight and it isn't sexy.

Igbo language in Nigeria is more sexy to speak, and looks richer. .

When you hear an Igbo person speak, it's calm to the ear and the soul.

shantti:


Omo all these efik ibibio no be here, my guy was discussing with his family on phone and was like "ituk mbo itum ukun idaf mbok amadioha" I became concerned that his family might not even understand what he was saying