₦airaland Forum

chukz4real:
Nde ibem, ekene go mu osa unu ncha oooooooooo
Mme nwa nna du unu dini Port Harcourt ne weli uku ni ekam na chalu ife me li.

My dear good people of Ndokwa West/East, Ukwuani LGA, lets know each other here. Though am partly Urhobo and Ukwuani, born and buttered grew up in Ndokwa land and speaks Ukwuan real nice.

Please do state ur town and LGA

Mine is Emu Kingdom, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State

Ndokwa Kenu, Ukwuani Kenu, Osa onu na su nua kwezu enu ooooooooooooooooooooo!, Ukwuani bu ani eze

Ibu onye Ndokwa, Ndoni, Aniocha; osa onu na su nua, osa anyi bu ofu ooooo [elenu ku Late Prince Smart William kuni ni ebu aya ke okponi "Ndokwa ba ma mma!"

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ezenwajosh:
MY NAME IS GOV IFEANYI(CHUKWU) OKOWA BUT AM NOT IGBO.......... ;DMY NAME IS GOV IFEANYI(CHUKWU) OKOWA BUT AM NOT IGBO..........

AjiereTuwo:
They are not dual race anything they are known as wakirike and Ibani respectively. What will you call Ndoki and Anambra dual race?

AjiereTuwo:
How opobo be Igbo, wetin u smoke

chukzyblingz:
you know, this is what I was talking about on this thread:

ROFL.
so the woman gave you mekaa,you giam back mekaa.
Chei,Ikomi you no go kill me with laughter.

Have you heard Afikpo people speak.
Ukwuani and Ikwerre Igbo/Igboid is easy compared to theirs.

Onegai:
He is worse. Barely speaks and doesn't care. [b] I'm not Urhobo but I'm from Delta [/b]and my language is dying too. So I'm learning small Urhobo and my language to teach our kids. But I've already told him we are getting them lesson teachers in both languages from age 3 to 5.

ifyalways:
Jega macha uno:Go sweep the house(Onicha)

I na-apu ala?:Are you mad?(Onicha)

Uyo wu uyo mi na gi:You are welcome to my house(Owerri)
Otu ocha:Exclamation mark (Mbano) LOL

Wefusa Okpogho:Bring the money out(Abiriba)

Chim ri nma:My God is good(Owerri/Obinze)

Drchristian:
Oduduwa is never a bini prince but a yoruba man, Ogiso kings of Bini were all yorubas, oyo people migrated frm Ife, Bini people and d akoko edos.. migrated frm Ife #fact

pilas:
Main article: Ijoid languages
The Ijaw speak nine closely-related Niger-Congo languages, all of which belong to the Ijoid branch of the Niger-Congo tree. The primary division between the Ijo languages is that between Eastern Ijo and Western Ijo, the most important of the former group of languages being Izon, which is spoken by about four million people. There are two prominent groupings of this language. The first group is nominally termed "Western" or "Central" Ijaw or Izon, and consists of "Western" Ijaw speakers (Ekeremo-Sagbama(Mein), Bassan, Apoi, Arogbo, Bumo, Kabuowei, Ogboin, Tarakiri, etc variety) as well Kolokuma-Opokuma (Yenagoa and the vicinity). Nembe-Brass and Akassa (Akaha) dialects are referred to as "Ijo South-East". These groups, since 1996, mainly constitutes Bayelsa State, but spills over to Delta, Edo and Ondo States. Biseni and Okodia dialect are termded "Inland" Ijo The other major group is Kalabari. Kalabari is an "Eastern" Ijaw language but the term "Eastern Ijaw" is not the normal nomenclature. Kalabari is the name one of the clans of the Ijaws that reside on the eastern side of the Niger-Delta (Abonnema, Buguma, Bakana, Degema etc who form a major group in Rivers State, hence their involvement in the fight for greater oil control. Other "Eastern" Ijaw clans are the Okrika, Ibani (the natives of Bonny, Finima and Opobo) and Nkoroo. They are neighbours to the Kalabari in present day Rivers State of Nigeria.

Other related Ijo sub-groups which have distinct linguistic relations but very close blood (i.e genetic), cultural and territorial homogenity with the rest of the Ijaw are Epie-Atisa clan, Engenni people and Udekama (which speak Delta Edoid Languages). Others are Ogbia clan, Bukuma, Abuloma (Obulom) and Andoni (which speak Delta Cross languages).

It was discovered in the 1980s that a nearly-extinct Berbice Creole Dutch, spoken in Guyana, is based on Ijo lexicon and grammar. Its nearest relative seems to be Eastern Ijo, most likely Kalabari (Kouwenberg 1994).

Raiders:
Pidgin English is the most spoken language in Nigeria.

SonofDevil:
I never changed the topic.
It says famous not poularity
and all the tribe u see on the list re indigeneous speaking tribe in more than 5 countries.

Zulus a south african tribe re indigenous in all southern african countries and some eastern countries

San bushmen re indegenous tribe in south africa ,bostwana, zambia,angola e.t.c

Hausa and yoruba re indigenous tribe in Nigeria,ghana,togo,benin republic,sierra leone,ivory coast and gambia..



NOW TELL US WHICH AFRICAN COUNTRY U CAN FIND INDIGENOUS IGBO SPEAKING PEOPLE..

januzaj:
Y are Yoruba ruling Lagos cuz its no man's land according to igbo?
ans:-well....uhm...well...uhm....uhm

dubem3:
odumchi, u don carry us go arochukwu oh!
there are so things here that i can't
even synchronize their names with
the list in my head.
never the less thank you
for giving us other names.
i have never ever know the igbo name for MANGO
please more more more

HopeAtHand:
Iwhiala - goodmornin to 1 person
Anuwhiala- goodmornin to mor dan 1 person.

Ikwerre tinz

igbsam:
Association of Spacebookers!



Let's see that of igbo since both tribes are the ones trending lately

macjive01:
Ikwerre is not igbo

Awori is not yoruba

Anioma is not igbo

Ijebu is not yoruba

Egbema is igbo/ijaw/itsekiri

Bonny is igbo/ijaw

Ilorin is yoruba/hausa

Adamawa alone has 40 ethnic groups

Sparse calabar has 25 ethnic groups

Could this country not find a solution is stop this division ?

Stop the state of origin, where you are born becomes where you from.

Ceenelly:
ife yi sor nu mu asor (ukwuani) delta state

engrtee:
So ibo are from japan

Hammefeez:
Africa is second largest and second most populous continent in the world with a total population of 1.111 billion.
African languages belong to one of the four language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo- Saharan, Niger-Congo and Khoisan.
Around 2,000 languages are spoken in Africa. Nigeria alone has 250 languages, one of the greatest concentrations of
linguistic diversity in the world. The people of this large continent also use a wide variety of sign languages.
Here are the top 10 most spoken
languages in Africa.

10) Zulu (Speakers in Africa: More
than 10 million) Zulu (IsiZulu) is used in the Eastern part of
South Africa. Its tongue clicks are unique.
The language is written with Latin
characters. It is used widely in the South African media. According to Ethnologue, Zulu is the second most spoken Bantu language after Shona.

9) Amharic (Speakers in Africa:
18.7 million) Amharic is the second most spoken Semitic language (after Arabic) in the
world. It is the official working language of Ethiopia. Outside Ethiopia, Amharic is the language of around 2.7 million emigrants. More than 18.7 million people
speak Amharic in Africa.

8 ) Igbo (Speakers in Africa: More
than 24 million) Igbo is the native language of the Igbo people. There are more than 20 dialects of
this language. They are all written in Latin characters. It is a tonal language.

7 ) Yoruba (Speakers in Africa:
More than 30 million) Many people in Nigeria speak Yoruba. The language is also widely used in Togo and Benin. It is a varying tonal language written in mostly Latin letters.

6 ) Oromo (Speakers in Africa:
More than 30 million)
Many people residing in the Horn of Africa speak Oromo, a Cushitic language. It is not the official language of any nation. You
will find people who speak this language in Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt and Kenya.

5 ) Hausa (Speakers in Africa: More
than 50 million)
Many people in the Western, Northern and Central Africa use this language. Hausa belongs to the West Chadic languages
subgroup of the Chadic languages group. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Hausa has between 23 and 25 consonant phonemes.

4 ) French (Speakers in Africa: More
than 90 million) French is one of the very few languages spoken all over the world. Many countries
in Africa were colonized by France.
Because of this, more than 90 million people in this continent can speak French. In nations like Morocco, Algeria, Senegal and Rwanda, French is used commonly insociety.

3 ) Swahili (Kiswahili) (Speakers in
Africa: More than 100 million)
The Swahili language or Kiswahili is the official language of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It is a Bantu language and the mother tongue of the Swahili people.
Many communities in Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo speak Swahili.

2) Arabic (Speakers in Africa: More
than 100 million)
Arabic is the most widespread official language in the African continent. It is the official language of Algeria, Mauritania,
Libya, Tunisia and Egypt. Arabic is the co- official language of Morocco, Eritrea, Somalia, Chad, Sudan, Djibouti and Western Sahara.

1) English (Speakers in Africa:
Around 700 million) In Africa, English is the primary language
of Botswana, Cameroon, Rwanda, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana. In South Africa, it is given official status with 10 other languages.

Most of the people speaking several African Languages also speaks French and English as official Language.

..... www.africaranking.com/most-spoken-languages-in-africa/

igbo shouldn't be on d list..cuz is being spoken by strictly igbo people...my view though.

Really don't understand how to write it in Igbo, but there's this one that says: "A goat owned by two people sleeps outside"...advises against joint partnership.

ogbugo:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF IKWERRE

Chambers Dictionary (William Geddie, ed. 1962)
says: “A nation is a body of people marked off by
common descent, language, culture, or historical
tradition: the people of a tribe.” However, S.O.L.
Amadi-Nna (1993) avers that: “A tribe is a group
of clans under recognized chiefs and usually
claiming common ancestry. Ikwerre can therefore
not be a clan but a tribe. The Ikwerres claim a
common ancestor. Ikwerre is an independent
small tribe.” In the words of K.O. Amadi (1993)
,“Traditions suggest that Ikwerre is a nickname
given to Iwhnuruọhna people…..They have ever
since regarded themselves as a distinct group and
have happily come a long way in their struggle for
self-identity as evidenced by the recognition of
their language as one of the Nigerian languages.”
Amadi-Nna (1993) added that: “The Ikwerres are
a small but distinct tribe. The Ikwerres have
distinct linguistic, social and cultural traits and
formations that distinguish them from other close
neighbouring tribes like the Ijaws and the Ibos.
Majority of the Ikwerre settlements have their
roots traceable from the old Benin Empire.”
Iwhnurọhna people descended from the ancient
Bini Kingdom. The name of the grand ancestor is
Akalaka. Their relations in Rivers State are
Ekpeye and Ogba people. The reigning Oba of
Benin when Akalaka, the ancestor of Ihruọha
(later called Iwhnurọhna) fled was Oba Ewuare
(Ogwaro). Akalaka, a member of the Benin royal
family, fled in the 13 th century on allegation of
plotting assassination of the Oba. He died in
1462. Iwhnurọhna his third son settled east of the
Sombrero River by 1538 AD, as detailed below.
Chief N.M.T. Solomon (2004), native of Ikodu
Ubie in Ekpeyeland, in his narrative draws heavily
from the now authenticated written historical
records delivered by various informed sources
including “Eketu (Weber) of Ubeta, assumed to
have lived for over two hundred (200) years as
the oldest man in all Ekpeye, Ogba an Iwhnurọhna
(or Ikwerre), at that time (and) was asked to
narrate the history and customs of Ekpeye
people” as unfolded in his lifetime. Here is what
he said, which has been validated by the
accounts of the current generation through
responses to our questionnaires and direct
interviews thereby increasing our level of
confidence on the data:Ekpeye, born in Benin, was
the first of the three sons of Akalaka. While in
Ndoni, he married a second wife to gain the love
and favour of the
people. The new wife gave birth to a son, which
he named Ogba. Akalaka was still in Ndoni when
his first wife, the mother of Ekpeye, gave birth to
his third son called Ihruoha (Ikwerre).
Similar historical fact by J.N. Olise (1971)
averred that: “Akalaka, a member of the Benin
royal family, fled with his wife from Benin to
Ndoni, a community located close to the River
Niger, to save the life of his new born baby
(Ekpeye) … While at Ndoni, Akalaka took a second
wife. … Akalaka had two sons, Ekpeye – born to
him by his Benin wife, and Ogba – born to him by
his Ndoni wife. According to F.E. Otuwarikpo
(1994): " After the death of Akalaka in 1462 AD,
his two sons, Ekpeye and Ogba had conflict,
which compelled Ogba, the younger son, to move
northwards where he founded Ohiakwo (Obigwe)
and settled with his family. Ekpeye who remained
at Ula-Ubie had seven sons – Ubie, Akoh, Upata,
Igbuduya, Ekpe, Awala and Asa. The last three
sons – Ekpe, Awala and Asa – crossed to the
other side of Sombreiro River (present day
Ikwerreland and settled there since 1538 AD.” He
added that: “Ekpe migrated to present day
Rumuekpe and spread through Elele(Alimini),
Ndele, Rumuji and part of Ibaa. Awala migrated
to present day Isiokpo …”
Amadi-Nna (1993) also said Akalaka migrated
with his half brother called Ochichi from the area
of Benin Empire. Ochichi sons were Ele
(Omerele,now Elele), Elu (Elumuoha, now
Omerelu) Egbe (Egbeda) and Mini (Alimini,
Isiokpo).
The crucial point here, which is of great
importance in tracing the joint origin of the
ancestors of the Old Ahoada Division (in the
Governor Diete-Spiff administration), is the
mention of the number of children that Akalaka
had, namely: Ekpeye, Ogba and Ihru ọha (Ikwerre)
.It is noteworthy that the pedigree and name of
Ikwerre people, Iwhnurọhna, obviously took its
root from this original name – Ihruọha. Chief
Solomon therefore establishes a very vital
historical link, which has been missing in
literature on Ikwerre origin that would assume
more significance in the discourses of Ikwerre
genealogy in the future – the fact that Akalaka
was the direct father of Ihruọha (Ikwerre).
Iwhnurọhna, in Ikwere parlance, means the face of
the community (town, city or village).
Nigerian colonial history records that the name
"Ikwerre" was given by the colonial administration
when they wanted to acquire the Rebisi
waterfront to build the wharf. Using an Ibo
interpreter to talk to the illiterate Rebisi (Port
Harcourt) chiefs, they asked them: Would you
permit us to use the waterfront to build the
wharf for ships to berth? And they answered:
AKWERULEM, meaning - "We have agreed." What
the white-man was hearing was "Ikwerre," so he
recorded it in the official gazette that the
IKWERRE PEOPLE have agreed for the colonial
administration to build the wharf. And since it
was the official record of government, the name
Ikwerre became the name of the Iwhnurohna
people in all official documentations till
date.Similar cases of Anglicization of native
names in the Niger Delta region by the colonial
administration are Benin for Bini, Okrika for
Wakrike, Degema for Udekema, Abonnema for
Obonoma, Brass for Gbara sni, Bonny for
Ibani,Pepple for Perekule, Ahoada for Ehuda, etc
Even so, “… there were dissenting voices, … who
believed that Ikwerre origins lay outside Igboland,
… in the Benin Kingdom of old. It is,
therefore, obvious that the interminable
debateabout Ikwerre origins and migrations
including
the repudiation of the Igbo tradition is not a
phenomenon of the post-civil war period. The
controversy, as it were, is not necessarily the
product of the present political realities wherein
groups which hitherto were seen to have cultural
affinities now find themselves in different states
or administrative systems.” -- K.O. Amadi (1993)
The Ogbakor Ikwerre Convention, a cultural
organization of Ikwerre people, in a paper
presented to the Human Rights Violation
Commission headed by Rtd. Justice Chukwudifu
Oputa on 10 October 2001, said: “Ikwerre ethnic
nationality is not and has never been a sub-group
of any other tribe in Nigeria including Ndi-Igbo.
There is no doubt that the advent of the British
and later regionalization put Ndi-Igbo at the
helm of affairs in Eastern Nigeria. This brought
Ndi-Igbo into Ikwerre land. In course of time, the
Igbo took advantage of their position in the then
Eastern Regional Government to grab land in
Ikwerre and occupy political positions such as
the mayor of Port Harcourt. In the process,
Ikwerre along with other minority groups were
marginalized and driven to the background.”
Professor Godwin Tasie noted that in 1913 the Rt
Rev Herbert Tugwell, the Anglican Bishop on the
Niger, undertook an experimentation tour of
Ikwerre towns and villages assumed to be Ibo-
speaking to test the Union Ibo Bible Nso being
introduced in Iboland. "Tugwell discovered from
the tests he carried out that although the Ikwerre
were often regarded as Ibo… the Union Ibo Bible
translation, surprisingly, was not easily
understood by the Ikwere." This is obviously why
Igbo vernacular was compulsorily introduced and
taught in all schools in Ikwerreland before the
Nigerian Civil War to the assimilation (i.e.
destruction) of the Ikwere language.
This also obviously led to the Rumuomasi
Declaration in 1965 . " … in their meeting at
Rumuomasi in 1965 the Ikwerre had, under the
umbrella of a highly promising new body that
was to get the Ikwerre together as a people of
new and clearer vision, they had declared
themselves as a people of the distinct identity of
Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality - not Ibo, not Ijo, not
anything else but Ikwerre, Iwhnurọhna. This was
the historic Rumuomasi Declaration of 1965
(G.O.M. Tasie, 2000). The full implication is that
Ikwere people began to assert themselves
forcefully as an ethnic nationality of their own and
not Ibos or Ijos, and efforts were made to revert
to the original Ikwere names for families, villages,
communities and landmarks. For instance, there
was the change from Umuola to Rumuola,
Umuoro to Rumuoro, Umukrushi to
Rumuokwurusi , just to name a few.
T O N Y E N Y I A, PhD, MNIM
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
IWHNURỌHNA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Saturday, 5 February 2011
References:
Olise, J.N. (1971) The Peoples of Benin , Oxford
University Press
Amadi, K.O. (1993)
Amadi-Nna,S.O.L.(1993)
Otuwarikpo, F.E. (1994)
Studies in Ikwerre History and Culture, in Nduka,
O. (ed) (1993) Craft Publishing Ltd
Studies in Ikwerre History and Culture, in Nduka,
O. (ed) (1993) Craft Publishing Ltd
The Phonology of Ekpeye: A Descriptive Analysis ,
unpublished MA Thesis, University of Jos
Solomon, N.M.T. (2004) A Short History of
Ekpeye People (an excerpt from
an upcoming book entitled “THE EKPEYE BOOK –
A Comprehensive Guide in the History and Culture
of Ekpeye People of the Niger Delta Region in
Nigeria” published by Usama Ekpeye USA Inc,
Tasie, G.O.M. (2000) Chairman's
Opening Remarks at the Maiden Ikwerre Annual
Thanksgiving Day, mimeo

echelon:
nye in Igbo is the verb "to give"

Hence
Chinenye - God gives



In Igbo,

Ihuoma = Good face
Iheoma = Good thing

They are not the same, obviously.