₦airaland Forum

QueenDima47:
When they say Yorubas don't travel what it means that Yorubas don't add any economic values where they go.

Many countries don't see selling drugs to their under-aged kids as "economic values (sic)".

seunny4lif:
German government for the past 5 years have been changing their every time to make foreigners come to Germany, on education or Skills due to shortage of professional skill.
Lang is the reason many people go UK, Canada, USA etc

Very true!

johnjose68:
The I.gbos are usurpers.

They can also take up the names of the natives, not because they love the native or the tribe, but because they want to hijack those people's community and land.

Thats why you will see the first coup plotter, Nzeogu bearing Kaduna in his name: Kaduna Nzeogu.

When you see an ig.bo man bearing your native native name, please be careful.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are dangerous!!!!!!

They know they have a very bad and unproductive land, so they go all out to hijack peoples land in subtlety....they tried that in Porthacourt (those ones know them and will not take shit from them).

They are so proud to the extent that they will NOT appreciate the host. They will rather insult and even boast and brag about it!!!!!

Such a tribe.


I have an Indian friend who surprisingly knows the I.gbo tribe for what and who they are...Fraudsters. Imagine!!!!!!!!!

You are a pure mooooron!

Never4getU:
Are you pained

Sorry it's not the fault of the Yorubas for ur lost both at home and abroad... Yoruba to the world.

We're Omoluabi. We don't travel to cause nuisance but live a dignifying life unlike my igbo folks that like to export madness and display stupidity at a glare

Another certified moooron!

TinubuNG:
Can your brain ever process anything aside insult , you clearly need help.

Well, you try and allow your brain to process before you make public pronouncements.

It is what smart, well-educated people do.

Arrested?

Where is Amnesty International to come and tell us he is being persecuted because of his sexuality?

Johnnyhoo:
He didn’t act on his own. He went to withdraw the money as part of preparation for budget presentation by the governor at the state house of assembly.

Yeah!

That is the excuse they gave you and you swallowed it?

The money was impossible to transfer electronically?

LeonSaab:
in a way yes, your ability to keep your culture alive beyond your borders determines how well it will survive longterm.....and one of the easiest ways is by language

And also boosts your self-confidence, self-worth and feeling of adequacy & equality!

femisplash:
Undocumented in the US?, Lol. These ipobs sef.

You don't think people can be undocumented in the US?

guywitzerogal:
jesus christ so speaking language is now an achievement??

Your children being able to speak their mother tongue well and having native names is a basic, fundamental achievement to those with threshold IQ.

But most Black people have IQs of baboons and colomentality, to the point they think giving their kids foreign names and not allowing them to speak their mother tongue is an achievement and makes them look "cool" and "enlightened".

Nwaajasa:
the topic is not about which language is more in number but the one more spoken, you and I know that Igbos don't like to speak Igbo to their brothers and even their children at home like other tribes, so more than 85% of Igbos here don't speak Igbo, Do you know that even in our Igbo meetings here we still speak English

Wow!

That shyt needs to change!

Bishopsgate:
It's not so implausible that there are more Yoruba speakers in the US than Igbo speakers because quite a higher percentage of Igbos in Lagos grew up being able to speak Yoruba, while there are much fewer Yoruba that can speak Igbo.

So in completing the census info, Igbos who can speak Yoruba will add to Yoruba speakers more than Yorubas will add to Igbo Speakers.

Just come to Lagos and conduct a little sample to check the veracity of my submission and you'll see that it is quite very likely true

Very true and on-point!

casualobserver:
Ibos are loud in everything..plus they have a habit of going to other peoples’ land and making noise bragging about their “achievements in other peoples’ land whereas Yorubas respect themselves as visitors. If you count the number of Nigerian born mayors or politicians in America I am sure there are more Yorubas but the way Ibos carry on you will think every black mayor of politician in America is an Ibo man.

That is the loud, useless chest-beating I was referring to.

Everything you have insinuated here is chest-beating, not nngbati-nngbati speaking loudly.

casualobserver:
Typically average Yoruba man is motivated by education and status in society. The average Ibo man is motivated by money. Respect in Yoruba society is not achieved by money but by having a Nobel profession. The average yoruba man seeks to have a Noble profession and it is usually their wives that are the hustlers…probably explaining why yoruba women are very aggressive. Most of the best yoruba brains produced between1970 and 1990 are unable to practice their highly sought professions in Nigeria so it is no surprise many yoruba professionals are abroad. Doctors, engineers etc. professionals also tend to be a quiet reserved group. So unless you take a poll you may not know how many actually exist as they are not given to noise making.

Hmmm!

ariesbull:
Canada isn't USA

I am sure she is aware of that.

Just hinting you that Yorubas are more in Canada as well and Yoruba is more recognised in the education system.

viodemus:
A very skewed list.

They are going by people that need interpreting in courts or other services.

Sometimes some yorubas use their language to claim ignorance or naivete during a crime case or immigration case. Most igbos will go with the english in court hearing.

It is not evidence of who is more there.

Moronic view!

Useless "yoot"!

ShangTsung000:
It's never tribalism fam. Yorubas are the most tribalistic people in Nigeria. Quote me anywhere. You guys are always rubbing it on pipo

Igbos are the tribe that have problems with too many tribes hating them.

profmallor:
Yorubas dont have that hustling, get it by all means attitude, so they are concentrated at mostly relatively what you would call advanced societies. Yorubas also rarely are boastful, so you tend to believe they are docile, but its not true, they know and see things and act only when they need too.

Yorubas have refined pride.

They are very proud, but not in an annoying and nauseating way.

Jeezuzpick:
They rarely leave Naija o.

That's where quota system favours them.

Check well, you'll find out that the Fulani speakers are not Nigerians.

Our harbowkeys like to stay where everything is handed to them on a gold platter.

Nonsense!

They rarely leave because:

1. They do not have the prerequisite educational levels (many Nigerians leave via education route)
2. They are not great at the language of the West (They start of learning Arabic more than English)
3. The religion is number one and everything to them; even more than self and familial well-being (Hence, would not want to mix with infidels in power; they would rather head for a Muslim nation)
4. They are poor and cannot afford travelling (Northerners are the poorest in Nigeria).
5. Poor education and strong hierarchical systems leads to accepting fate of being at the bottom and destitute (only few are the top are enlightened and enjoying like Kings; including enjoying Quota System with their family)

casualobserver:
The way Ibos carry on in the US, you will think they are the only Nigerians in the US. They are just loud!!

Yorubas are loud in speaking!

Igbos are loud in chest-beating!

ajepako:
Hausa people prefer United Kingdom

My observation though

Which UK?

They prefer even Sudan over UK.

Kog45:
Listening to Old Ebenezer Obey,Sunny Ade,Sikiru Ayinde and of recently K1 de Ultimate songs then you will agree that Yorubas are many in the States,no need arguing it.They are the first Nigeria travelers to UK and United States.

I visited Igbomina Yoruba village in Kwara state but to my surprised checking the village archives,their sons and daughters have been traveling to United States and UK since 1940s for education.

What kind of dimwitted illiterate mooron are you for God sake.

AHHH! Our schools have really failed o!

Completely unemployable "yoot"!

SayNo2SmallPrik:
Something is currently going on in his country between Yoruba and Igbo and no one is talking about it……..😀 every post na tribal war like this oooooo

It is just a few mooorons that the useless NL people allowed on the platform and allow to flourish, while banning those who try to stop them.

In reality and real life, most Igbos and Yorubas get along quite well.

tommy589:
Tribes with their sporting strength. Do you know of any Igbo representing in table tennis from time immemorial? It is Yoruba sport

Hmmm!

TinubuNG:
Yes it is , if you don't look at it from hatred angle . Data didn't say the most spoken Nigeria language in US but in Africa as a whole


Yoruba remain the best in Africa.

Low IQ, you could not check before making empty boast?

The most spoken African language in the US is Amharic, dimwit!

Unemployable "yoot"!

Offpointng:
Broo that noise is just too much, Kilode.

The other day one was bragging Igbos are rich and own 90% of private jet in Nigeria blabla until I checked in at Hangar list of Private jets owners in Nigeria and saw only 5 Igbo business men own Private jet whilst Yoruba business men who own PJ are bout 10. Yet you won't see an Average Yoruba brag bout frivolities as such

Most of the boast is just plain empty and unsubstantiated chest-beating. Many just deliver it from their guts without ever checking for data and facts; they just employ anecdotes!

The data I have seen definitely shows Yorubas run most industries in Nigeria. It is almost a monopoly!

seunny4lif:
Haba, There are more Igbos in Germany than Yoruba like 60% to 40%.
Must Yoruba coming to Germany now are doing so on Education package

I wouldn't be surprised.

Germany has not been historically seen as a 'furthering your education' destination or for professional careers by Nigerians, it has mostly be seen as a place for buying cars and selling in Nigeria.

As I said earlier: https://www.nairaland.com/7934178/top-five-west-african-languages/1#127369957

mikeapollo:
A lot more Yoruba travelled using the education route which was the more popular and viable avenue for traveling to USA and Canada, followed by businesses.

Possibly.

Igbos are well-educated too, but I think Yorubas take it more seriously as their own tribal role models for success and wealth are mostly based on "Good education"; while Igbo own tribal role models for success and wealth are mostly based on "Trade/Small Business start-up".

valentineuwakwe:
Wetin fulani dey find go USA...thought they prefer Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia?

Dem don find home be that.

DaTruths:
Yorubas are more corporate, hence the reason why they are more officially inclined.

But by outright population, Igbos are more in number both documented and undocumented.

Possibly!

Nnewison:
Yorubas makes use of their language than igbos do that is just the case, an igbo,most igbos I mean will not speak their language but igbos are everywhere as I have been to few countries ,I stand to be corrected

Nnewi blood.

True.

Yorubas definitely speak their language at home to their kids more than Igbos.

In Ireland's 2011 census: 10,093 people spoke Yoruba at home, making it the most widely spoken African language in the country, while 3,875 spoke Igbo.

In UK's 2011 census: 14,914 people spoke Yoruba as a main language, while 7,946 spoke Igbo.

Now in America: 207,052 people speak Yoruba at home, while 117,118 spoke Igbo.

With Igbos at roughly half the population of Yoruba home speakers, I refuse to believe Igbos are only half the population of Yorubas in these countries. They just probably don't pass on their language to their kids as well as Yorubas do. And we also know Igbos are more likely to have and use English names than Yorubas.

This is the benefit of Yoruba pride in their history and culture.