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I feel that to improve Igbo language more, it needs to be more centralized while we incorporate various dialects into it.
We only need to bring in adjectives, nouns and distinct verbs from various dialects to broaden the vocabulary like it is in English while we maintain a central structure and verbs should be standardized eliminating spelling differences like ejo/ezo, bụ/wụ, si/shi (said). Other spelling differences should be standardized too like ife/ihe, gini/kini, unu/ịnyị, mmiri/mmili etc.

Ex. One could say:
Aga m echiya azụ ọsịsọ maka mmiri na-ezo.
Aga m echiya azụ ngwa-ngwa maka mmiri na-ezo.
Aga m echiya azụ eze-eze maka mmiri na-ezo.

Ọ bụ gịnị ka ị na-eme ugbua?
Ọ bụ gịnị ka ị na-eme kita?
Ọ bụ gịnị ka ị na-eme mgben?



A similar example in English is:
I think he is going mad.
I think he is going crazy.
I think he is going insane.

Ndị be anyị, kee ife iche?

[quote author=Nice-Kid]The threat  by the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan over “poor” budget implementation may fizzle out after all.

Findings indicate that the lawmakers  are not keen on removing the President.

They, however, insist that he “must” execute all the constituency projects of lawmakers built into the 2012 Appropriation Act.

This has been identified as “the real bone of contention between the executive and the legislative house.”[/quote]Now, this is the reason for all the noise.

wesley80: Ntii ka ishi? lolzz that literally translates to ears bigger than head?

LMAO. This is really funny.

Asụsụ gị afịarọ arụ.

Ọ dị ka sọ m na-ahọta ife onye ọ bụna na-ekwu.

Andre Uweh: Igbo dum na akpo ezi (compound).
Aga m ayoghashi azu maka mmiri na ejo.
Aga m ayoghashi eze-eze.
Can you translate it?.

Aga m echiya (anayachị) azụ maka mmili na-ezo (Not much difference)
Aga m echiya (anayachi) ọsịsọ. (Good guess )

ishmael: who will declare such as a treasonable offence? Is it GEJ? Or is it the defence chief or Army chief?

A Kenyan court recently ruled that secession movement is not criminal but political.

It won't be long before our judges end this poo called Nigeria.

Umm, anyị na-ekwu "mbara" ma ọbụ "ezi".

Bisichi: The essence of language is to communicate. Which one is better- a well constructed english wit no meaning OR a disjointed one with meanings? Mind you, most leaders do not speak good english.

When people make mistakes like using incorrect tenses, spellings, or confuse a word with another similar sounding word, then it is understandable. Many people do make such mistakes.

Mrs Jonathan simply said, "My husband is a couple". It's shocking and pathetic if she indeed said it!

henrychubayo: Plz i have a different opinion on these. These is not the worst primary school because there are pupils who don't even have a class room but study beside a tree and there are some who don't have roof cover in the so called class building. Actually, what the school here needs is a large renovations and some furnitures.

It might not be the worst primary school in Nigeria but to have such a school in a state capital is really sad and disgraceful.
If it was in a village, it would be understandable. Shame on the government!

@ Nedu210,

Mgben a bụ kịta?

@odumchi,

Anụ berọ m "aga, za, rizogba, na risakwa" mbụ, m na-achọ ka ọmara m ahụ

wesley80: ^ Now this is getting ridiculous. Couldnt pick a single word! lol

I know it won't be long before he will derail an Igbo thread again. I opened an Ngwa thread for him to write whichever way he chooses to write with his fellow Ngwa but it seems like he will always carry on with his behaviour, derailing every Igbo thread. If he should write in Ngwa, he should do so with Igbo orthography so that others could read it. It's too rude of him to continue this way.

It's like writing Nedu210 3rd line:
Iya, ndụ ibe anyi na ekene 'ndaa', echekwe m shọọ sọsọ ndụ ibeanyi na ekene ndaa, Mana mgben ahụgwo m na ọbụhụ sọọ anyi.

as this:
..., nduh bay arnyih nah akenay 'ndar', atceh quem shaw sausor nduh ebay arnyi nah akenay ndar, marnah ... ar hoogwoe m nah awboohu saw arnyih

It doesn't make sense at all.

Odumchi has sounded ekwe (wooden gong).

wesley80: Kalri ele anyi ji kpalri uka bu anyi adi na horsa ife anyi na su? Ikedu ordiw unu efeh e horsa ife unu na su bu mme bu onye Aboh, asusu unu na dim ike ohorsa kalriaka. kobu unu jeka chosa num tapilrita (lol).
And no, I'm not translating. I read thru the entire thread like a 4year old testing his reading ability and I have to say I found Odumchi's dialect more comprehensible, why? I'm hoping someone will tell me. I hope this thread is just about demonstrating our various dialects, if its not then I think it wont go very far without translations considering how difficult it is to make sense of some dialects.

Ị were wayọ gụọ ife ụfọdị dele, ị ga họta ife ha n'ekwu. Ọ nya bụ ụtọ tredịa. Ahọtara m ihe ị dele ọfụma. M na-amụta kwa ka ụfọdị si akpọ okwu ụfọdị.

Ndị be anyị, m na-ekele kwe. Udo dili unu. Odumchi akụọla ekwe, onye ọbụla bịa sụọ asụsụ befa, mana biko nu, dee ife mmadụ ga-guwu makana o sie ike ọgụgụ, ụfọdị ama họta ife ị dele.

NRI PRIEST: Obiagu, I mana Igbo sii na ikwu amaro ibe ezi ya. Onye ekwero ka ora ebulie bufee ama nnia. Chinenye,gboo ife I lii.

Okwu gị kwụ ọtọ ka cigar

I hope his fellow Ngwa will write in Ngwa with him. It will be an interesting conversation if they could read what he wrote.

A major source of income for most uneducated Yorubas is about to shut down. It seems like more poverty is coming to the already impoverished Yorubas.

Armed robbers are going to sack people from Lagos.

^^^

Sorry if I offended you. I didn't mean to.

Kobojunkie: I am allowed to embarass myself right? Good. So you keep your 'simple' maths while I keep asking for information.

I hope that is that too much for you too?

Well the information you seek for cannot be obtained on NL. It would have been better you asked her those questions at the hearing.

I am not. I created the thread because ChinenyeN is shy to do so.

Kobojunkie: What is this? 419-by-moonlight??

Don't embarrass yourself, madam. It's a simple math.

asha 80: what do they really mean by political autonomy?

A political autonomy is like an absolute federalism.

Ngwa people, lets speak our language.

They did not secede.

If you no dey fear, make you wear red cap enter your village, na that time you go know say our tradition is still intact.
I pity kids of this generation

I hope Ibaka deep seaport will be completed and commissioned before this rail line so that goods will be moving from the port to Lagos and other parts of Nigeria.

UncleJJ: And sule lamido frm madagascar abi. Lamido has countlessly challanged the authorities - when he is right. If Okonjo is so sure of herself why does she not explain herself.

I will never support nyone because of tribal sentiments. GEJ don open my eyes, na person wey you know na im go kill u first.

WikiLeaks: Okonjo-Iweala Ferried $50 Million Jobs To Brother ...

Obasanjo Sacked Okonjo- Iweala For Corruption? - Politics ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iwealla denies buying N1.2bn Abuja mansion

Don't even mention tribal sentiment. Okonjo-Iweala Ferried $50 Million Jobs To Brother: This shows you are a goon. What's her brother's name? Mention it Mr. Informed.
Obasanjo Sacked Okonjo- Iweala For Corruption? When did he sack NOI? Date needed, Mr. Informed.

It's people like you that dragged this nation to where it is now.

Q: What is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's real offence?

A: She's not from the "born to rule" ethnic group, Hausa/Fulani, nor their consort, Yoruba.

What was wrong with PROUD-IGBO's comment to cause such outrageous posts from Chino11?

SMH!

chino11: WE ARE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE. DEAL WITH

I think you are right, we are not the same people. I am an Anambrarian and I don't know who you are.

I wish MASSOB and other groups will follow this route. Get a court ruling and start mobilizing for a referendum.

@ ndu_chucks, will the above be acceptable to you?

We will get there. Kenya is leading the way.
After a court ruling, next step will be referendum.

There's hope for Biafra, the land of the rising sun.

A Kenyan court said there was no evidence that the MRC (a secessionist group) had engaged in criminal activity.

"The court has been able to deduce that MRC is a political movement. Secession is a political agenda," Justice Francis Tuiyot said.

The court, however, stressed that the MRC must campaign for independence in a democratic way, without inciting war or promoting hate speech.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18996621

Yoruba killing relatives for money. This is typical in Yorubaland.


Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

Link 4

Link 5

^^^

Don't let me supply you with unlimited links of Yoruba killing other people.
I asked you to provide a link of an Igbo killing a sibling or parent for money and you posted silly links.

This is why people don't pass WAEC.

By the way, if you're not being disingenuous, do yourself a favour by removing the links that have no relevance to the one I requested for else I'll flood this thread with Yoruba killing people links.