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bigfrancis21: By and large, 'mba' was selected from an Anambra dialect and made part of central Igbo.

Exactly. Central Igbo is a puzzle that was put together with diverse pieces.

Gboliwe: northern Abia, Bende where I come from, we say 'AA' thats double A for no. Lol. Single A for yes

Thanks, Gboliwe. This even stresses my point. Abia is very diverse, linguistically speaking.

Even though the standardized way of saying 'no' in Igbo is 'mba', I think the people that originally say 'mba' are in the minority. Northern Abia and parts of Ebonyi say 'odighi'; southern Abia (Ngwa and etc) say 'uh-uh'; the Urata peoples in Imo say 'oh-lo'; parts of Enugu and Anambra say 'wawa'; and parts of Delta and Anambra say 'mba'. I dont know how Rivers groups say 'no' but I think the universal way to say 'no' in Igbo would be 'eh-eh' (accompanied with the shaking of the head).

Done.

I've asked this before, but I'll give it another shot: does anyone know the meaning of the name Nsofor?

I think it's broken down into nso (regulations/rules) + ofo (ancestral power symbol)

I won't allow this thread to descend into another "Nigeria vs Biafra" political engagement. The purpose of this thread is to discuss omenali ndi Igbo (Igbo traditions/culture) and anyone who wishes to discuss anything other than that should seek entertainment elsewhere. Just making it clear.

Odinaka00: Chai! Nwannem Chukwu gozie gi, Arondizuogu na Arochukwu bu ofu dika isiri kwuo. Ejegom arochukwu once mana otego ezigbote aka.
Nwannem amarom ma onwere otu iga esi tinyerem ihe onyonyoo ikeji n'ebe a kam kilie

Ndewo o

Nwanne m, lekwa onyonyoo Ikeji Izuogu nke akahu m chotaara gi.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ScNVMkP97Q

pazienza: Oral history of Edda and Abam has it that they,together with aro,and bende groups,once occupied the area around itu caves in akwaibom area.
I believe the fight for the land now called arochukwu,was these people attempt at claiming back what use to be their territory.

The lands we call eastern/cross river igbo,has always been occupied by the igbo. The oral history of umunze,nkerehi,isuochi,nneato, umuchieze people supports this.

The aros,ohafia,abiriba people that recently occupied these areas,came from a more eastern direction in the present akwaibom and cross river.

I'm not familiar with the segment of Edda/Aro history that says this. What I do know is that the Cross River Igbo are relative newcomers to the land they now inhabit. Edda and Ohafia have non-Igbo elements that originated east of the Cross River; the Aro people, on the other hand were formed by various waves of migration by different peoples coming from different directions. In short, I don't believe that northern Abia was ever originally Igbo territory. Analyzing the movement of peoples into that area as an attempt to "regain lost land" seems like an oversimplification, if you ask me.

Pazienza, I hope you're aware that the Cross River Region was just recently settled by the peoples who are now recognized as Igbo. Ohafia and Aro oral traditions tell us that there was a general migration of peoples from both sides of the River Cross River into northern Abia and southern Ebonyi around the 16th or 17th centuries.

These peoples intruded into territory that was then occupied by various Ibibio peoples, and through years of vicious warfare, pushed them southwards. There was no "eastern Igbo flank", for at that time the concept of Igbo as an ethnic nation was nonexistent; people simply existed and related with each other on the basis of clans and lineages. Prior to the advent of the Cross River Igbo into northern Abia, much of northern Abia was basically Ibibio territory.

Northern Abia and southern Ebonyi were just made Igbo frontiers not too long ago, is what I'm trying to say. Moreover, it served as the launching point of the last great wave of Igbo migration. This wave of migration was prompted by the Aro and Ohafia peoples who travelled to various corners of [what is now] Igboland (and even beyond), establishing settlements and trading outposts, and marrying into the local peoples. Much of Abia (the area north of Ngwa and Ohuhu) is heavily mixed in terms of origin (Aro, Ohafia, Isu, etc).

achi4u: Aghamelum LGA in Anambra state is another town with a strange language so differently from other towns.
What could be the cause of this variation frm this wonderful people?

What does their dialect sound like?

Sirniyeh: Please MOD, kindly move the topic "THE PRIDE OF IJEBUs" to Frontpage. I compile it to reach out to all ijebuites in diasporas and at home, to remember their origin and enhance their moral

Next time provide a link so that I won't have to go looking for it.

Many of these "facts" are quite questionable...

Ogwu ego kwa? O nwe ihe inyi akpavo?

The front page thread is here: https://www.nairaland.com/1004554/promoting-culture-board-frontpage/1.

Let's make use of it next time to promote maximum efficiency. Your suggestions have all been acknowledged. Thanks.

dominique: Thanks. Is that what they call it among the Delta Igbo too?

That's what it's called in general Igbo; I don't know the local variant(s) for it in Delta. Since it's general Igbo, every Igbo person, irrespective of origin, ought to understand you, though.

dominique: Pls can someone tell me what is bride or wife in Igbo language. Fenks

Wife/bride in Central Igbo is 'nwunye'.

bigfrancis21: I was shocked some weeks ago when I encountered two Ohafia people speaking their dialect and they were using 'ife'. . I was like OMG! These people also speak 'ife'. Before then I thought only Anambra, Delta Igbo, Enugu and some select areas of Ebonyi used 'ife'/'ive'.
I've been to Aba twice and I noticed the variations in the dialects I heard there - ranging from anambra-like to abia-like dialects. But then I remembered that Afikpo (the last A in Abia - Aba, Bende, Isiukwuato and Afikpo) was originally part of Anambra first, then Enugu before Abia now.

The lingual diversity present in Abia state somewhat mirrors that which is found in the whole of Igboland. Abiriba, which is not even up to thirty kilometers from my hometown, shares a unique dialect with Ohafia. In addition to replacing 'h' with 'f', their dialect is extremely nasal and peculiar in its own way.

ighoosagie: another lobby , I no its supposed to b treated in sport section, bt becos u too correct na mk I bring am to ur table so
https://www.nairaland.com/1267706/think-euro-champions-league-winner#15388188

ighoosagie: hope am not asking to much, check this parental guardian out, hope it worth seeing on d front page.
https://www.nairaland.com/1264572/20-tasks-father-should-never#15341707

I'm sorry, bros, but I can only manage posts that are in my section. You should ask the moderators of those sections.

PhysicsHD: Hey Odumchi, I got banned again in that thread for posts at the bottom of this page:

https://www.nairaland.com/1249503/interesting-images-precolonial-early-colonial/8

Sorry to keep bothering you about unbanning my posts in that thread, but I'd appreciate it if you could unban me. Thanks.

No worries; It's my job.

Nightshift: Omenani(Omenala) Ndigbo is varied just like the various dialects in Igboland. It's the misunderstanding or failure to recognise those varieties that fuels the culture of disunity in Igboland.

Don't you think a similar argument could be made for what you wrote here?

Nightshift: Some ill-informed Ndigbo believe that the so-called Eze were powerful. Real power in old Igbo communities were in the hands of the chief priests of powerful village shrines. Those priests were so powerful and dreaded by even the rich. The chief priests shaped the Omenala(culture) of each Igbo community, often with far-reaching consequences.

Odinaka00: Onwere onye Arondizuogu no n'ebe a? Biko achorom ima ka Ikeji nke afo a siri gaa,

Nwoke m, Elee otu I mere? M bu onye Aro mana esi m Arochukwu na Abia State; esighi m Arondiziogu. N'agbenyeghi, umu Aro bu otu.

Anuru m na Ikeji ndi Izuogu nke akahu gaziri agazi. I lee na YouTube, I nwere ike ihu ya.

Ndeewo o.

PhysicsMHD: Hey Odumchi, I got banned in this thread and the post got hidden:

https://www.nairaland.com/1249503/interesting-images-precolonial-early-colonial/7

I would appreciate it if you could show the post and unban me.

ighoosagie: front page lobby, I spent lot of time making this research.
https://www.nairaland.com/1250155/mystery-behind-birth-oba-benin

MsDarkSkin: odumchi could you do me a favor and unhide this post..

https://www.nairaland.com/1263616/deadliest-black-african-warriors/2#15337579

gracias!!

Done.

ifyalways: Odumchi,happy Aro day. Odighi ebe m gaje. Ano m na ulo 2 weeks ago and believe me,e nweghi m plans igakwa ulo for now.Ihe ojoo erika n'ala Igbo ugbu a .

Tosh,Maria na-agba akwukwo na Assumpta Cathedral Owerri tata. A no m ebe ahu live
Gboliwe,lolx.
Achi ofe kedu ije?
Danilsa,Otele na ndi ozo,ya gazie

Ify, nsogbu adii ma olu.

Gboliwe: Lol
odi posibul madu iji dialect nke ya suo asusu ibea?
Maka na odum ka m jiri asusu item unu e je aghosa ya

Nne, I si na oo maka monwo ka I ji choro isu olu mba gi? Biko, nghosa awuu nsogbu. Suwa olu owula soro gi.

toshmann: ify owudi onye ebee sef? anambra/arochukwu/aba . . . awusa
ify ngwa zaa ya

ify bikonu unu huru maria? . . . .

Ify bu onye Arochukwu (Abia State); nne ya buru onye Onicha; di ya buru onye Imo. In fact, Ify bu Madam South East. Nani ebe ndi na foro bu Enugu na Ebonyi. Ify, o bu m eziokwu k'o ugha?

Ify na nde Aro ibe m no nwa, inyi ama kwa guma taa wu izu umu Aro ji ańu ońu (Aro Day)? Inyi riekwa nmenme taa rijuzie avo (Happy Aro Day)!

achi4u: ^^^

Odumchi ifugo ka Torch siri tosaa the GCFR Lol

Anyway,once an Eze always an Eze.
udo

Unu di egwu. Nwanne, gawa n'iru.

Done.

achi4u: Umuigbo ekele m unu o!

Emiss gokwa m many things na thread aa!
Mana kosina di aga m ewere ochie wee nabata oke nke ruru m..(umuasa)
Ekele m gara ndi dika:

Torchman==anu ji condom mere chigum

Ifyalways===anunuebe di na nwanyi

Otele===ochara ma ochaghi si gbute (umuasa)

Danilsa===enyi odum idi 3much

Eze Odumchi===GCFR ochiagha

Nri priest===Eze umu mmuo

Ezepromoe===onye nwanyi di mma na amasi

ATMCard===Odufutere m n'uzo nariee

Agaba123===onye ose foto idi OK!

Maria===...(torch_rity)

Adabekee==Ojii boys aracha piom[otele]
Adaobi===ifedinaobi,kee maka manchester?

press_elect aka nwa dafur==okuko ana egbu ubochi ndu na ato ya rikpoo.nottin mega(ify?)

Afam4ever==ikuku ama na onya.

Costa2k==dike ana akpa ogwu na anya

Mojiasi==nnukwu arusi

>>ma ndi ozo nile m enwero ike ideputa afa ha ebe a...Ka udo nke osebulu uwa nonyere unu nile.Amiiin<<

Enyi, kee kwan nke bu "GCFR ochiagha"? O di ka I chefuola na o bukwaghi munwa bu Eze unu; aha Eze unu za Onlytruth.

Ikenga nri: Obi gi afu na asiri gi asi.

Nsogbu adighi. M biara leruo anya ugbua hu na asusu unu di iche, mana kee mpaghara I si na ala Igbo (aha obodo gi)?