XerXers:

Nwa Igwe actually. These ikwerre write in their dialect and use it to claim a different ethnicity. Many communities in Enugu pronounce as Wigwe too, but they write in standardized version

XerXerz:



Enugu state people don't speak their actual dialect because of inferiority complex, so they borrowed Anambra dialect to be able to speak decent igbo dialect of Anambra origin.

Okoroawusa:
So he is from Isiokpo?

No wonder him head be like new pikin wey dem no do mmili oku for head well well.

Merelyn:
Herbert bought massive hectares of land in Isiokpo.... No farm land for them next year
And he's still buying more.
It's a welcome development to my community and Ikwerre at large.
Kudos to him

XerXerz:



Enugu state people don't speak their actual dialect because of inferiority complex, so they borrowed Anambra dialect to be able to speak decent igbo dialect of Anambra origin.

Ajebochef:
kamsi_jeff.
For your information Ikwerre is not Igbo, has never been Igbo and will never be Igbo. We don't share any common ancestors with the Igbos. Our forefather remains Akalaka the great and our closest relatives remains the Ahoada and Ogba people. Please get your facts right. You can't tell others their history when you can't even tell your own history. For avoidance of doubts the Name Wike means New Child in Ikwerre not "Strong Child " as you have quoted. So before you proceed with making irrelevant comments on Ikwerre people try to visit Port Harcourt and hear from the locals themselves. Igbo people needs to stop annexing Ikwerre people. We are not an appendage of the Igbos. We stand tall and strong on our own. Argue with your useless IPOB Amadioha...

jamesversion:


New child in Ikwerre should be Nwo Uke. My both Parents are Ikwerre.

AnonPoet:


https://ourdailywire.com/nypf-boss-commends-herbert-wigwe-on-plans-to-build-world-class-varsity-in-his-hometown/

franchasofficia:
In core Igbo dialect its called; Nwigwe or Nwaigwe meaning "the child of the king" but in Ikwerre dialect which is kind of pidgin Igbo just as we have pidgin English, they always remove "w" in "nw" pronunciation in Igbo.


Same happened to Wike which is Nwike or Nwaike in Igbo dialect meaning "strong child".



The war and the pre-civil war events made Igbo speaking regions outside Southeast to denounce their ancestral origin which can be traced to the Igbos, and its understandable for a people that lost a crucial civil war.



Even Jews scattered all over the world too because of conflict in their homeland.

Ajebochef:
kamsi_jeff.
For your information Ikwerre is not Igbo, has never been Igbo and will never be Igbo. We don't share any common ancestors with the Igbos. Our forefather remains Akalaka the great and our closest relatives remains the Ahoada and Ogba people. Please get your facts right. You can't tell others their history when you can't even tell your own history. For avoidance of doubts the Name Wike means New Child in Ikwerre not "Strong Child " as you have quoted. So before you proceed with making irrelevant comments on Ikwerre people try to visit Port Harcourt and hear from the locals themselves. Igbo people needs to stop annexing Ikwerre people. We are not an appendage of the Igbos. We stand tall and strong on our own. Argue with your useless IPOB Amadioha...

Ajebochef:

"New child in Ikwerre should be Nwo Uke. My both Parents are Ikwerre."
I still don't understand what part of Ikwerre you come from. If you are the Evo and Apara speaking part of Ikwerre then you will not even join the argument. You should by now know that Ikwerre has different dialects. So an Igbo man who doesn't understand that Ikwerre has many other dialects shouldn't come and school an Ikwerre man on his own Language. If you do transliteration of what you have written Nwo Uke or Nwo Ike or Wike would mean Child New. Well let me not get into all this drama. The point clearly remains Ikwerre is not Igbo and will never be Igbo and has never been Igbo. An Iwhuruoha man remains an Iwhuruoha man not some Isoma man. Nde Kposhi

chrisxxx:

Don't mind the stupid people. They want people to look down on. The Ebonyi people that claim to be Igbos they look down on them. They want people to be called second class. Ikwerre people from the word go have always seen themselves as pure breed. Igbos are considered as slaves and no wonder Ikwerres call them Isuoma. How can the slaves of our forefathers because they have got numbers try to annex free Borns? All over the world contagious people speak similar language but different people. This includes Norway and Sweden including Denmark and Finland, Malaysia and Indonesia, Poland and Ukraine, Spain and Portugal, Urhobo and Isoko amongst others. Ikwerre before the war had Ogbakor Ikwerre and didn't join Ohaneze. They proclaimed that they are distinct ethnic group in Rumuomasi Declaration in 1965 when there was no offing of the war occuring. Igbos are our slaves and remain so. If igbos claim we speak their language let them come up with the igbos word for 'Yes'. Ikwerre says Owe for Yes. What is Igbo word for Yes?

bibe:


Igwe can mean multiple things depending on the pronunciation eg
Igwe-Iron(metal)
Igwe-heavens
Igwe-gathering of people
Igwe-king

If that's how they choose to spell it, leave it for them that way. It's still right.

franchasofficia:
Igwe alone can never mean gathering of people, it must be accompanied with 'mmadu' to form "igwe mmadu".

"igwe" for iron must also be used in a context to show the actual type of iron, igwe eji eme ego, igwe eji eti aki, igwe eji akpu uzù, etc.


"igwe" cannot also be used as heaven, it must be used like this; " elu igwé ".


In most cases the only time "igwe" can stand alone and make a full meaning is when it used to refer to 'the king'.

bibe:


Olisa bi na igwe (Good that resides in heaven)

Nye m igwe a (give me that iron)
Kedu ihe bu ihea, igwe (what is this, iron). It's even used sometimes in a conversation to signify dead end, igwe!

Igwe means gathering, if you add mmadu it becomes gathering of people, if you add aturu it becomes herd of sheep.

Dont suppose to know everything. If he chooses to express his name as wigwe, so be it. The meaning is still the same, you cannot dictate their dialect to them.

Daalu kwa.

MadarasBlade:


There's an isiokpo cummunity in ideato north of the current imo state, it's so funny that we have shared values.

Ajebochef:
kamsi_jeff.
For your information Ikwerre is not Igbo, has never been Igbo and will never be Igbo. We don't share any common ancestors with the Igbos. Our forefather remains Akalaka the great and our closest relatives remains the Ahoada and Ogba people. Please get your facts right. You can't tell others their history when you can't even tell your own history. For avoidance of doubts the Name Wike means New Child in Ikwerre not "Strong Child " as you have quoted. So before you proceed with making irrelevant comments on Ikwerre people try to visit Port Harcourt and hear from the locals themselves. Igbo people needs to stop annexing Ikwerre people. We are not an appendage of the Igbos. We stand tall and strong on our own. Argue with your useless IPOB Amadioha...

jamesversion:


New child in Ikwerre should be Nwo Uke. My both Parents are Ikwerre.