MegaMan87:

YES IT IS.

And it's solely down to the lazinesss of the IGBO people. I know Igbo people that understand Yoruba better than IGBO lol. What type of nonsense is that? Igbo people are to busy trying to give their children fancy English names because they think it's "trendy" . That's why it's hard for me to look upon Igbo people favorably. It speaks alot of your character when you can't even be bothered to learn your own language that your ancestors spoke proudly. Most of the "African Americans" on NL are IGBo and ask any of them if the can speak IGBO or if there parents taught it to them ha ha.  Of course they don't. In Igboland it's fashionable to behave like akata.

Every other Yoruba I know out here in London either speak the language or ATLEAST understand it. My parents instilled that Yoruba pride in me and the rest of brothers & sisters. Most Igbo parents don't even bother. It's a shame on their people. If the language dies it's up to them to resurrect it. Aslong as there's a Yoruba man/woman breathing whether in Nigeria or around the world breathing our language will be spoken and respected. Look at places like Brazil & Cuba where they still speak Yoruba.

The IGBO have no excuse. They should show a bit of pride, that's if they have any of course!!!

cantell:

It's so sad. Even the ones that can speak the language prefer to speak Engli-Igbo(joining English & igbo together)
This makes it difficult for others to learn properly.

MegaMan87:

LOL . I really laughed when I read that. I know Igbo people just like that. They struggle to speak in igbo for a minute so they have to piece together there language with English to save them embarrassment . When we hear Igbo talk like that we just laugh to ourselves.

I know that Igbo will come on here and play the victim. they will say that Yoruba are just bullying them again but that's how they always say. I'm telling you. if a Igbo woman can't speak her own language I won't even consider being with her. I need a prideful woman in life. Not akata.

MegaMan87:

YES IT IS.

And it's solely down to the lazinesss of the IGBO people. I know Igbo people that understand Yoruba better than IGBO lol. What type of nonsense is that? Igbo people are to busy trying to give their children fancy English names because they think it's "trendy" . That's why it's hard for me to look upon Igbo people favorably. It speaks alot of your character when you can't even be bothered to learn your own language that your ancestors spoke proudly. Most of the "African Americans" on NL are IGBo and ask any of them if the can speak IGBO or if there parents taught it to them ha ha.  Of course they don't. In Igboland it's fashionable to behave like akata.

Every other Yoruba I know out here in London either speak the language or ATLEAST understand it. My parents instilled that Yoruba pride in me and the rest of brothers & sisters. Most Igbo parents don't even bother. It's a shame on their people. If the language dies it's up to them to resurrect it. Aslong as there's a Yoruba man/woman breathing whether in Nigeria or around the world breathing our language will be spoken and respected. Look at places like Brazil & Cuba where they still speak Yoruba.

The IGBO have no excuse. They should show a bit of pride, that's if they have any of course!!!

cantell:

Is the igbo language dying?
It's awful and a big shame to see most grown ups and kids in non-igbo states speak other languages and yet they cannot say a single word in their language.
I once asked a guy i knew why he cannot speak his language(igbo) and he said; if i can speak igbo, will it take me to london?
I was so ashamed.
Meanwhile, this guy got an "A" in yoruba language in WAEC!
My cousins born in lagos do not speak igbo. They're not even comfortable when others(igbos) speak.
I love yorubas and hausas in terms of language and culture preservation.
When a language dies, future generations lose a vital part of the culture that is necessary to fully understand it.
Yorubas or Hausas born outside their states, even in foreign countries speak their language fluently.
When an igbo man stays in abroad for 5yrs and comes home, he forgets his language and torments the people around him with English.
It's a big shame and -1 for them.
Something should seriously be done to prevent Igbo language from dying off.

rhymz:

The only place where the Igbo Language is dying is in your feverish mind. Your exaggerations are at best childish and alarmist. I was born and raised in Lagos, I can speak all three languages-Igobo, Yoruba and English equally well and so are many others of my kind. While I don't dispute that there are a lot of Igbo kids in Lagos that do not speak Igbo very well, however, uneccessary exaggerations like your claims of many Igbo kids that can't speak or understand come in Igbo only shows your are not representing facts but mere sentiments.
The only time one can honestly begin to scream about the gradual death of Igbo Language is if there are cases of childrien born and raised in Alaigbo who are oblivious of their culture and language. All this uneccessary alarm about kids who grew up in places like mushin, oshodi and the likes surrounded by core yoruba lower class people who speak nothing but Yoruba even at their school is no indicator of any death in Igbo language. Go to the Southsouth and Southeast before jumping to uninformed conclusions.

rhymz:

T[b]he only place where the Igbo Language is dying is in your feverish mind. Your exaggerations are at best childish and alarmist[/b]. I was born and raised in Lagos, I can speak all three languages-Igobo, Yoruba and English equally well and so are many others of my kind. While I don't dispute that there are a lot of Igbo kids in Lagos that do not speak Igbo very well, however, uneccessary exaggerations like your claims of many Igbo kids that can't speak or understand come in Igbo only shows your are not representing facts but mere sentiments.
The only time one can honestly begin to scream about the gradual death of Igbo Language is if there are cases of childrien born and raised in Alaigbo who are oblivious of their culture and language. All this uneccessary alarm about kids who grew up in places like mushin, oshodi and the likes surrounded by core yoruba lower class people who speak nothing but Yoruba even at their school is no indicator of any death in Igbo language. Go to the Southsouth and Southeast before jumping to uninformed conclusions.

rhymz:

Guy shut your Dog Breath and yap your nonsense on things you know about.
The peoblem I always have with a lot of you Yorubas is the way you just sit in the SW and assume the whole of Nigeria and the world revolve around the SW. How many Yorubas do we actually have outside of the SW region in comparison to the itinearnt Igbo people. How many real Igbo families that do not reside in the SW region do you know that have childrien that can speak Igbo?
You think Yoruba people are the only ones that are proud of their language? Seriously, a lot of you need to travel outside your SW zone to other part of Nigeria, so you can make informed argument from the stand point of what you have experienced outside of the SW and not what cases whose results are very glaring to see. If the case was that Igbo people both in Alaigbo and outside do not bother to instill their culture, language and way of life on their childrien and wards, your uninformed argument would have been in context but to drag it to reckless generalization is to trivialize issues and indulge in the stoopid, mindless jingoism that has become NL's lifeblood and Seun's own strategy of generating internet traffic to his site.       
Besides, I find your colourless humour of Igbos being bullied by Yoruba laughable, unless you made that statement to make your feel good about yourself, I would rather you give us instances of such bullying. You know better than to just make stooopid statements just to boost your badly bruised ego. Igbos are intimidated yet they have fearlessly entered every nook and cranny of Nigeria to do business, live with the locals, even learn their language and culture and you want to talk about being Bullied?? Until I go see any Yoruba man for the remotest part of alaigbo doing his thing and living averagely well like most Igbos in Lagos then your claims of bullying are at best placebo therapy to help you with a false sense of abilities you do not have but only wish for.

Why don't Igbo filmakers make films using the igbo language? I'll tell you why, because most of the EBO actors/actresses don't even know the igbo language ha ha .

cantell:

Is the igbo language dying?
It's awful and a big shame to see most grown ups and kids in non-igbo states speak other languages and yet they cannot say a single word in their language.
I once asked a guy i knew why he cannot speak his language(igbo) and he said; if i can speak igbo, will it take me to london?
I was so ashamed.
Meanwhile, this guy got an "A" in yoruba language in WAEC!
My cousins born in lagos do not speak igbo. They're not even comfortable when others(igbos) speak.
I love yorubas and hausas in terms of language and culture preservation.
When a language dies, future generations lose a vital part of the culture that is necessary to fully understand it.
Yorubas or Hausas born outside their states, even in foreign countries speak their language fluently.
When an igbo man stays in abroad for 5yrs and comes home, he forgets his language and torments the people around him with English.
It's a big shame and -1 for them.
Something should seriously be done to prevent Igbo language from dying off.

asha 80:

you should have asked him whether the yoruba he spoke has taken him to london.

MegaMan87:

Common shut your silly mouth you've never washed. I was simply stating a home truth but of course you couldn't take it could you? Igbo are too lazy to learn their own language. This isn't the case of "big bad yoruba pickin on poor old igbo again". It's actually what is happening. You got it spot on when you said Igbo people go and learn other peoples languages. Why then should they not learn their own? Why do most Igbo musicians sing in yoruba? Why don't Igbo filmakers make films using the igbo language? I'll tell you why, because most of the EBO actors/actresses don't even know the igbo language ha ha . They would rather speak English and put on a silly american accent or go and speak yoruba in yoruba films. We Yoruba could make films speaking English but why should we? There's no pride in that at all.  Sorry, but it's the truth. Why do Yoruba need to travel outside of Yorubaland? We TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD. We are everywhere and most of our parents teach us to be proud of yoruba and to either speak it or understand it atleast. Further more, why do Igbo people move into yoruba land? It's because they can't be bothered to do stay in SE where kidnappers and 419 boys run amok? Why is it they'd rather come to Lagos and live with us, speak OUR language? You Igbo can slam on about Lagos being "cosmipolitan" all you want but everyone knows that Lagos is the home of the yoruba. It's situated in SW not SE. No matter how many of you flood into the city like rodents.

Abeg, take your crybaby act elsewhere. I have no time for riff raff.

Ybutterfly:

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^^^^^^^^he insults Yoruba any how but he doesn't want to experience a taste of his own medicine. Cantell & MegaMan87 please continue this man talks like a angry i-diot all the time

manchy7531:

Another tribal trend.

have you gone to the east to know if the language is dying,

how many yoruba and Hausa people in the east speak their native language, or how many Ghanaian speak their native language when the come here to Nigeria( they mostly speak pidgin or they language of their host communities)

most people speak the language of their host communities to be able to blend and communicate well,

By the way i give credit to the igbos that learn other peoples language, it show they are versatile and love adventure and the are the true Nigerians and that is why they keep dominating Nigerian because they learn other peoples culture,why other just remain in Kano and Lagos thinking the world is centered around there.

This has explain why people remain myopic cos they never see beyond their nose, umu anuofia

Ttoks:

I don't think the Igbo language will die off like that, Because in South East as a whole the predominant language is still igbo language. But i thank the guy that raised the issue, Thanks for reminding my people to wake up.

afam4eva:

Is the Igbo language dieing? Not in a hundred years. I used to be one of those that believed that the Language was dieing but not any more. I guess it was because i lived in Lagos where the Ajebutter Igbos could only understand but not speak Igbo. That's what people fail to understand. Lagos is not our land, so that explains why some Igbos there cannot speak the language. Before you make such ignorant comment about the death of Igbo language, go to Port-hacourt, Aba, Enugu, Asaba, Onitsha, Abakaliki, Owerri and tell me how many Igbos you'll come across that can't speak the language and even write in it. You can't just sit in Lagos and make such unfounded statement.

The only thing i advocate is that Igbo leaders and business men should try as much as possible to improve the infrastructure in Igboland in order to keep Igbos at home.

kITA TITA:

Unfortunately the Igbo language is dying. I recently discovered that I am more comfortable speaking the English Language. I was born and brought up in Igboland of Igbo parentage. I am into cross cultural marriage and we don't speak Igbo at home, which is sad. I would have preferred it another way but that's the situation for now. Ndigbo now bear Okwy, Oby, Ify, Emuchay, etc. When two or more Igbo get together in London or Lagos or Abuja, they converse in English or Yoruba. The lingua franca in armed services in Nigeria is Hausa. Ndigbo who are the most travelled ethnic group in Nigeria seem to forget to take their language with them when they travel. I am equally guilty.