Dede m,

Thanks for the explanations.
Where can I read more about Rivers State history/ government gazzettes? Is there a state library in Port Harcourt?

ChinenyeN:

You mean this Ezaa? The people that own the site spelled it as Ezaa, so I'm not sure if it's the same Izaa you're talking about or not. I'm guessing it's a typo.

Izaa is the correct Igbo spelling going by how it's pronounced. It's the Igbo vowel I(with dot under)

Hola. What's the difference between XLi and GLi

agaba123:

Ozioma thank you

I sigo na Oziomatelevision baa na Ozioma[b]HDtv[/b] . . .lol

O dikwa egwu o!!!

ChinenyeN:

I haven't yet come across a dialect that I could not at all understand. Maybe I haven't been exposed enough.

Really? Try and listen to someone from Ebonyi state - Izaa/ Abakiliki speak. I bet you won't understand jack

@sugabelly
First of all, be rest assured I'm not out here to castigate you. I actually appreciate your courage at starting the lessons for her but what I'm stressing is doing it the right way.

sugabelly:

I do NOT like dialects that say Mmiri. This does not mean I do not like the people that speak those dialects, it means I do not like the way the words sound in those dialects, including words like Mmiri, Ihu, etc.

I'm not looking down on anybody. Everyone has personal preference, the same way you all obviously seem to prefer Central Igbo.

Reference to your post in bold above.
In effect what you're saying is that you don't like Igbo Izugbe.
Take a look at the table below:


English words   Igbo izugbe usage   Anambra/Enugu dialect   Imo/Abia dialect
land/ground            ala                     ana                                       ala
up/sky/high           elu                        enu                                       elu    
day                   ubochi                    Mbosi/ubosi                         ubochi
night                   abali                        abani                                     abali    
now                   ugbua                       kita                                     ugbua  
one                   otu                           ofu                                     otu      
food                   nri                            nni                                     nri        
bed                   nani                        soso                                     nani
long/tall             ogologo                   ogonogo                                   ogologo
Leg/foot             ukwu                      okpa                                    ukwu


You can see that the Igbo Izugbe aligns more to the Imo Igbo.
Igbo Izugbe is actually encouraged to be taught to fresh learners of Igbo.

I had the opportunity of learn in secondary school (US equivalent of high school) and this Igbo Izugbe is what was taught in school.

The need for this is because of the mutual unintelligibility of the many dialects.


@drrionelli
I'm not disputing the fact that sugabelly's lessons gives learners a start but what we are stressing is doing it right at first.

drrionelli:

Dialectical differentiation is important within a language.  It affords the language flexibility to grow and change as the need arises.  And a language must grow and change to reflect the needs of the people who use it to properly communicate with others who speak it.  

I totally agree with you on this. It will suprise you to know that this Igbo Izugbe actually borrows a lot of words from the different dialects of Igbo.

egheleghe:

those 'r' added were previously omitted and corrected after the war.

This does not ring true. My wonder is why they put the "R"s.

egheleghe:

in most maps one sees okigwe spelt okigwi or igbo spelt ibo.infact igbo started being used in place of ibo after the war.

"Ibo" is used by Europeans who could not pronounce the Igbo consonant "gb" which they substituted with "b". Try asking an Englishman to pronounce "Igbo".

Dear Moderator,
Locking up threads and starting new ones, to me, is not the best way to approach the problem of web resources.
Doesn't nairaland have a growth plan?

Aloy.Emeka:

Nnam, naara ito na komputa.

Daalu Emeka.

@Dede

Is it true that adding "R" to names of quaters in PHC started after the war?

UmuIgbo changed to RUmuIgbo
UmuOkwuta changed to RUmuOkwuta
UmuOla changed to RUmuola
etc

BTW UmuOkwuta translates to: Children of Stone

??

The Igbo Language is made up of many dialects some of which are mutually unintelligible.

It's because of this that "Igbo Izugbe" (Central Igbo) was drafted by the Onwu Orthographic Committee in 1981.

It's always recommended that new comers to the language be taught this "Igbo Izugbe" so that they may be able to understand other dialects as the need arises.

I perceive you're Igbo is Anambra, same as mine, but when I teach, I use Igbo Izugbe hence mmiri instead of mmili

onyinye2:

And you say this because??

What steps have you taken?

Biko gbaghara m. Anya ura na-eme m mgbe na e deputa ya 

Ndi Ichie si na onye na anoghi ebe e liri ozu na-esi n'ukwu abo ya!

I'm not sure you want to learn the language…

Iwe gi adila oku, I nula?

Ufodu ihe I dere abughi ezie.

Omuma atu: N' je Anambra = I went to Anambra

I went to Anambra = M jere Anambra/ M gara Anambra/ E jere m Anambra/ A gara m Anambra

Leekwuo anya otu I si wee dee Aaa Bbb Ch - the alphabets - Indicated pronounciation wrong.

We don't want miseducation

Ebe m gosiri gi bu ebe e mepere maka ndi be anyi.

Udo diri gi

Truequest:

Ndi Igbo mma mma nu ooo!
E sitara m na mbido guru ihe edere na elilia rue ebea mana onwe otu ihe m choputara,
Igwe USA turu anyi aka n'ihu si, onye mara na o ma atu ilu ya bia ka ya na ya wale onwe ha.
Mana site mgbe okwuru okwua rue ebea, o dighi onye mere ka oghotara ihe Igwe kwuru.
Ebe osi etua di, Igwe biko tupatara anyi ilu gi ka anyi si n' aka gi mmuta biko.

Ndi Ichie si na onye na anoghi ebe e liri ozu na-esi n'isi abo ya

Ndi be anyi na-ekwukwa na ogaranya bu omume omume na anaghi abu ogaranya abu.

Ma gi ma Igwe, gaa nu na Ilu "thread" ebe a:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-43635.0.html

**osisi:

ndu adighi abuo.

Ebe ok*u nyuru, a wusa owara

@OP: Go here:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-225819.128.html

Where are you copying these from?

Kindly supply the VIN. It's important you know?

ppanther:

O ga-adikwa mma ka anyi jiri naani olu be anyi
na-ede ihe o bula anyi na-ede ebe a. Enweghi
onye anyi ji ugwo.

Ekwenyere m na nke a.

Go on…you're almost there.

**osisi:

echelon bu engineer?
o bu ezigbo engineer k'obu oti mgbodo mgbo n'aru umu umunwanyi?

Ha abuo: n'olu m na n'aru nwunye m  

youngies:

Send ere m email, ka m forward the installation file for you

Biko, zitere m nke m na echelon@engineer.com

Daalu.

Iwe na-ewe m ugbu a maka Nairaland. Ana m acho uzo m ga-esi zubenye na ya (hac k) wee kpochie threadi niile di ebe a. 

Seun:

Thread locked because it's too long. A new yoruba thread has been created here. Thanks!

Is it really locked?

romeo:

Si ebea gbafue !! ishi dikwa gi ka epi

Nna iwe gi adila oku. Okwa o siri 1love? O bu egwu ka o na-egwusa anyi.

Ahu nwoke ahu ogologo imi ya.
Biko tunwekwa m azu ma I meechaa

romeo:

Ozioma change the name Asap!! wtf? we will not let that old thread to die like that.

Mba, rapu ya. Agbanwela ya.

romeo:

Seun is a bush man

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Why is it the Igbos that are always trying to separate themselves?  I cannot encourage this at all.  

Even if you say "don't join us just because you are Yoruba" I must join.  One of my ancestors may have been Igbo, you know, so I'm among!!  I'm one of you.  Yes o!  Igbo Kwenu!!
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Edemede a bu ihe maazi Seun dere na mbido threadia anyi ahu o kpochiri akpochi. A maghi m ihe kpatara o jiri wee gbuo oke oge tupu o mee ihe bu uche ya.

Biko nu, ka anyi niile na-ede naani Igbo ebe a ka ha ghara I ghota ihe anyi na-ekwu. Naani ndi na-amu Igbo ka o kwesiri ka a hapu ka ha na-asu bekee

Igbo ekeleeeee mu unu
Onye si na unu agaghi adi, ya buru okuko uzo lakpuo ura
Onye si na unu agaghi adi, ndi nto juputara porakotu toru ya
Onye si na unu agaghi adi, nchi nchi chie ya
Onye si na unu agaghi adi, ya were nkata chujue ite

Ogwu ka o ha m n'onu.

It would be best if we could find a software to download the entire thread.

Lee ihe maazi ahu dere ka I mata na O naghi ata aki anyi na-eti!

I forgot to say my laptop was stolen by ehhhm, Maazi dere edemede nke m na-eso ugbu a