₦airaland Forum

OneNaira6:
She's saying the same way you asking others to respect your wish to self identify as ukwuani, likewise, you should respect the wish of Ukwuani's, like the one you guys are talking, that identify as igbo. That's all she was saying.

Honestly, I totally respect his wishes and point of view.

It was the lady I was trying to get the meaning of what she said earlier.

I'm an Ukwuani man, and I belong to the Igboid group.

Thanks

tonychristopher:
IF u read my post ukwuani is a tribe also with enuani even aro is a tribe all in igbo speaking ethnic group

Ur tribe is respected don't worry and ur my inlaw my wife is obiaruku ...they came or migrated from awkuzu in anambra

Do research ogo

You owe me 6 bottles of kai kai....

somegirl1:
Exactly which may be broken down as follows:
He was from Ukwuani .......(1)
He claimed to be Igbo ..........(2)
He didn't claim to be merely an Igbo-speaker........(3)


If I say I'm Igbo, it doesn't make me less proud to identify with my sub-group.
I am from my sub-group first before I am Igbo.

Woman eeeh... Una too sabi play ball...

Una dribbling skills no get part 3... Lol..

But he said he's from Ukwuani... And he speaks more of igbo.. So he's an igbo if he so wishes...

somegirl1:
He said he was Igbo dear. Not Igbo speaking from Ukwuani or from the Ukwuani tribe.

This was you earlier quote ma'am.

somegirl1:
He said he was Igbo dear. Not Igbo speaking from Ukwuani or from the Ukwuani tribe.

This was your earlier quote ma'am.

Pharoh:
This topic will never end when people don't take time to understand each other and respect the wishes of other people.

To my Ukwuani peeps, ukwuani is igboid together with other related family members because of similarities in our languages. Each group is unique and independent of each other but all together in one family that could be called igboid or igbo. It is the choice of every group to go about their unique names or choose to go with the family name. Even if you go with your unique name, the family name will always be with you but in the back corner. This is what ukwuani people have decided to do from time memorial but our choice has clearly not been understood or respected to this day and hence this argument. No ukwuani has ever denied being in a family relationship with the other groups but this alienation will continue if our choice is not respected.

Thank you... Its just a simple logic.

Respect my wish as an Ukwuani man... Then I shall tell you, I generally fall into the igboid family.

somegirl1:

How do you mean? He said he was Igbo from Ukwuani group. How is that not being proud of his culture or home town?

Please do check the message you posted earlier.

You said he didn't disclose his identity as an ukwuani man... That he said he's an igbo.. I can quote it if you want.

If he says he's and igbo from Uknuani.. He's right.. He's an Ukwauni man and our language is 90% igboid.

bigfrancis21:
I refer to my Nsukka friends as 'ndi nsukka', or my owerri neighbour as 'onye owerri', that does't mean they are not Igbo. Does it?

If a man from chelsea refers to a man from manchester as 'you this mancunian boy', does it make the mancunian non-English?

Don't be deceived. It is all in your head. Your boss only refers to you by your ethnic sub-group. The same way he would say 'this anambra boy' had you been from anambra or 'ngwa' boy had you been from 'ngwa'. Heck, when I was in owerri, people would often call me 'anambra boy' once I spoke my dialect. That does not mean I am different from them. It is only a specifc identification of where in Igboland you're from.

Well, you may not understand what I meant.

My language is influenced with igbo, yoruba, bini, isoko...

That does not make me any of those tribe.

My language, I have told anybody that quoted me today is 90% igboid.

We are an ethnic group also here in Nigeria and I can't incorporate myself into the lager igbo tribe.

My language is listed along igbo, yoruba etc as the official teaching or national curriculum.

Please, I want people to respect that.

Thanks

meaning of onions in ukwuani

tonychristopher:
Don't let that border u its just our ways ..we yab even the owerri man will say this onitsha man

He knows your igbo just that ypu speak a different dialect not language

Ukwuani speaks same with of oguta in imo just like ika speaks with owerri

Lol... Thanks.

I'm not disputing the fact that our language is 90% igboid related.

I just need people to know and respect my tribe.

You can't call a Benue man Hausa... They might speak hausa or be closely related to them... That does not make them Hausa.

Macelliot:
Nice one bro!
But some Ukwuanis calls themselves Igbo..

Maybe they don't know yet.

My boss is from Imo... Whenever we have an argument he just says.. You this Ukwuani man. He never says you this Igbo man.

Cos he knows I'm not igbo.

Ukwuani is one of the 27 official recognized national language being taught as a curriculum.

ogorkojo:
Yeah! Am one also

Drop ur bb pin or whatsapp.. Private msg pls.

Malawian:
donphilopus, be very careful.

Wetin be donphilopus

Me no know...

Maybe you should explain oo

nkemdi89:
K'omaa .mmmm emu.

Ok then...

Gimme ur bb pin or whatsapp.. Send it as private msg pls.

veuttoutlemonde:
Pls does Ukwuani language have a written one different from Igbo?

No. We use the same vowels and consonant in writing.

Just a bit different in pronunciation and spell.

Some igbos spell imili (water) we say imiri.

They say olisa (God) we say Orise or Olise.

But we are 95% related in writing but a few difference in culture.

We share a niger-delta food and dressing, which is way far different from the main igbos.

somegirl1:
He said he was Igbo dear. Not Igbo speaking from Ukwuani or from the Ukwuani tribe.

Now you see what I mean.

He's not proud of his culture or home town.

He should have simply said igboid speaking part of Delta.

Well, the ball is in your leg. Do to him what please you!

nkemdi89:
Am proudly ukwuani and am proud of my people. Ndokwa is one, that's why I will never forget musicians like smart williams,agu risky and ibulu and bright iwuogbue also I always pray the crises between ogume and emu should come to an end. Have never attended nkwatta festival and I wish to. Also I wish to have more ukwuani friends in my current state of residence cos I don't hv any. My children must learn d language cos am not fluent at all.

D'elee... Ibu onye ukwuani esi?

Macelliot:
where are you from?

I'm from Amai....Undiluted.

somegirl1:

This is not necessarily correct. There are several tribes within the group referred to as Igbo.
There was no Igbo ethnic group, as we know it, before the Europeans came.
I'm sure you guys know this but choose to state otherwise as it suits you.
BTW Ukwuanis seeing themselves as non-Igbo is news to me. An Ukwuani suitor of mine claimed he was Igbo. Perhaps that was just a ploy.

Its not a ploy.

All I'm trying to say, we have a tribe, an ethnic group call Ukwauni...

The language is 90% related to igbo, but we share same culture as the Itsekiris, Urhobos and the Isokos.

We are a minority group in Nigeria, but a majority in Delta state because lots of people (about 7million) speak the language.

So please, we prefer to be called what we are.

"The
one spoken by the majority of the people
which is regarded the standard dialect is the
Utagba dialect. It is easily understood by the
speaker of the other dialects and it is the
dialect that is used for Ukwuani language
studies. Ukwuani language is also included in
the list of 27 Nigerian languages approved by
the Federal Government for the purpose of
"mother tongue education". The Ukwuani
culture is related to several culture in the
Niger-delta but have more social and cultural
affinities to the Igbo speaking people of
Nigeria".

ideykwum:
Great! How does the truth feel? It's a great feeling bro...Let out the stress!

Yeah, let's let out the stress.

Proudly Nigerian though.

ideykwum:
Lol! Really? You had to stoop so low to quote empty gods? Really? LWKMD!! Look, may whatever you wish me consume you! And guess what? You're judgment won't pass a week! Crazy goat!! Juvenile masquerade!

Since I asked you not to quote me again and you did.

Okay!!!! You win.

I'm an IGBO!!!
Satisfied

ideykwum:
You are amazingly dense!! I'm from Okrika, and would have proudly told you I'm Igbo if I was...not like some slowpokes on the Internet! I have made it my mission to unravel nonentities like you who use the Internet as a medium to spread hate and lies to justify political positions!

That's why I'm not surprised you didn't get my sarcasm about your being Yoruba...you're an empty vessel and an identity thief! A remarkable and bottom-of-the-barrel Liar!!

How old are you?

May thunder and ogun strike that you hand wey u dey take type this shit.

Igbo is a tribe and a language likewise Ukwuani.

Don't quote me again.

shaboti:
lol. Hehe, what do you say then

We say "d'ele e"

More like di ele e... How is it... Or how are you...

Ele in igbo mean how.

Di... more like Nnam'di...

There's this igbo who greets "ele ki me?"

How are you.

ideykwum:
What incorrigible stupidity! My good man, work on your senses or dementia would turn the corner! Stop fooling yourself! Okay, you're Yoruba, satisfied? Good! Now go suck on your pacifier!

As idiotic as you are.

Did I mention in this thread that I'm Yoruba?

We are distinctive ethnic clan and you cannot add us to your formula.

Our language was influenced by Igbo language doesn't make us Igbo.

Is Benin Republic Youruba? Cos the speak Youruba there also... Are the French? Cos the speak french also...

Fvcktard... Guess I'm wasting my time explaining and educating you on how to respect a tribe and not to marginalized them into your tribe.

ideykwum:
You're Igbo my friend! Stop fooling yourself! Hear yourself.."they do understand me when I speak and I understand them too". To imagine so-called educated people are posting this kind of tribe gives me the jives! Tuffiakwa!

The Itsekiris who are my neighbor do understand Yoruba and does that make them Yorubas?

Are you learned at all?

We share boundaries with the Isokos, Urhobos, Itshekiris, and the Aniocha people.

Do you know how many tribes you will jump before you get to asaba who share boundary with the Igbos.

Guess you are the fool here.

In the old Nigerian map, where was Bendel located? Guess you don't know that as well.

It was located under Western Nigeria.

Go read your history book (that's if you do have one).

I'm not Igbo, but my language is Igboid.

Go get the meaning of igbo and igboid.

barcanista:
Wow, really? Which station is that bros?

@Topic: I hope SR are ready to publish ma subsequent articles?

That was when you were still a man... Lol

Now, you are either a woman or an impotent..

Sorry, you ported to PDP at the wrong hour... I don't think any of your article will be published again.

Adieu, our ones loved and respected Barcanista.

Keneking:
Eye service....it's time for APC to shut its door against all these kinds of persons.

I am glad that the framed APC logo is in that room...where is the broom sef? They need to see this constantly.

Aso Rock should be branded with the APC flags from Gate One to Gate Seven......Anyone that does not like it should .....wear his gloves and bounce out.

The brooms should not be left out...that is the "weapon", long coloured brooms should be hung at the President's "oval room"

That would be constant reminder of the liberations Nigerians have yearned for in the last 16 years. Can't wait for an open invitation for citizens to spend five minutes in that "forest" known as Aso Rock. Nonsense...i repeat...Nonsense PDP

Sai Buhari

You dey vex oooo!

E be like say PDP do you strong thing!!!

I second your motion sha... To remind us of the struggle.

Ishilove:
K'oma

Funny enough i have never attended ukwata before

Awwwww!!! Guess we've been both lost in South-West.

tonychristopher:
KEDU

Sorry to disappoint you!

I'm not igbo and we don't say "kedu" in my home town.

Ishilove:
Yes o, nbu onye Ukwuani Abbi

De'lee nwanem....

You made me remember those days when dad plays queen Azaka on the turn table nonstop.

Ubochi nje ni ukwata abi... Lol....

Memories.

Ishilove:
Afam, biko sarum ye. Ayaf tok my own. You can kiss my assssssssssss!!!

Hmmm! So, ibu onye Ukwuani?

Iwebewe yo, amarim.

Igboid means it has some igbo influence in its pronouciantion.

I'm not an Igbo, but the language is closely related cos they do understand when I speak and I do understand theirs also.

Ukwu-Ani..... Its 90% igboid.

Its my dialect.

Ishilove:
Ukwuani is not exactly igboid. There are elements of Yoruba and Edo contained therein.