₦airaland Forum

Collyweed:
The answer to your poser is very simple.

After their tortuous and traumatic journey from Benin, they lost their Edoid language and then spent the next few years without a language, only communicating by means of sign language and grunts. This made some uncharitable fellows christen them ihoriho (meaning foolish).

This state of affairs continued until a kind (and patient) woman from Ohaji in present day Imo State took pity on them and taught them the Ohaji dialect which is why Ikwerre is so similar to the Ohaji dialect.

great lies I'm not surprised if your forefathers or parents can not tell you the truth about ur originality or ur traits and tribe, posting lies, forming fake history and adapt in online; now look before you talk of history one have to ask him or herself this questions! How did man begin, how did language multiplication started, or can my language describe my tribe or culture,
Now! I'm from ikwo LGA Ebonyi state and if i speak my language other members of Ebonyi state can not understand me unless i speak central igbo then talk of other states, even before I grew up to know my identity � or history my parents can tell me that we migrated somewhere far from our village and I'll believe it because i don't know whether true on not, now talk of political apathy and other things that can make one deny even her own mother, last time I watched IKA MOVIE and I understand every of their speakings apart from Bénin adapted language, so let one be proud � of his or her originality now one is forcing who to relate igbo kwenu!

shantti:
If I speak my own dialect no no go believe say nah Igbo but we be igbo

How r u
Igbo: kedu ka imere
My dialect: E me ko wo

Welcome
Igbo: Nno
My dialect: Deje

Don't you know
Igbo: ó na í Maro
My dialect: imaneghi

Did I know
Igbo: A ma' m
My dialect: a makalu'm nwa

Give me beer
Igbo: Nye'm mmanya
My dialect: nyekenu'm manya

Okay, let me speak ngwo, my mum's maternal village, ngwo people r Igbo oh

Good morning
Igbo: otutu oma
Ngwo: I tete kwe

Take it inside
Igbo: Do we ya nime uno
Ngwo: pawoje ya

Where is it
Igbo: kedu ebe o di
Ngwo: nde nke o di

U r foolish
Igbo: I na ezuzu ezuzu
Ngwo: I kariri unu

Come here now
Igbo: bia ebe a kita
Ngwo: bia nka nwonwu

Rise
Igbo: kunie/kulie
ngwo: dinyite

Enter
Igbo: Bata
Ngwo: piete

Shift
Igbo: shiftooo
Ngwo: kpumiee

African velvet tamarind
Igbo: icheku
Ngwo: mbembe

Abacha ( this should not have an English name)
Igbo: abacha
Ngwo: mbacha. If the abacha is without beans,
they call it ebacha echakiri

Now
Igbo: kita
Ngwo: nwonwu

Weed(not marijuana oh, unwanted grass)
Igbo: afifia
Ngwo: ewu

Where a you going to
Igbo: kedu ebe I na aga
Ngwo: I jewe eh

I will slap u with the back of my hand
Igbo: a ga'm e ji azu aka'm were maa gi ura
Ngwo: a gu'm wee ji egbe eka mawa gi enya

Call
Igbo: kpoo
ngwo: kuo

No
Igbo: mba
Ngwo: waa / wawa / wakiriwa

Yes
Igbo: eeh
Ngwo: eeyi

Let me speak small abakaliki, am not so sure oh

Remove your hand
Igbo: we pu aka
Abakaliki: rupuleka

Leave this place
Igbo: si ebe a puo
Abakaliki: gbashileko

u tried but the spelling for abakaliki isn't correct.

odumchi:
Nwoke m, ezi okwu ka i kwuru. I agree, but the problem is that many of people on this website lack exposure to diversity (in the Igbo context) and thus react somehow when people who are different from them surface. I'm sure you've seen what is going on on that "What is Imo state best known for" thread? If people continue to react that way, our brethren from the different corners of Igboland would be discouraged from participating.

Ikwo dialect Alphabet's
A B Ch D E F G Gb GW Gh H I i J K KF KP KW L M Mb N NCH NW NY O Ó P
R S Sh T Ts U Ú V W Y Z

A.......Aphia
B......Bulee
c......cherumú
D.....doobiyaa
E........Ephiee
F.........foyoolu
G .......Guufiya
Gb......gbeeyaegbegbe
GW.........Gweeyaegwegwe
GH.....Ghutiyaahuta
H.......hetiyaeheta
I....Ikike
i......ijeoma
J.....jeewaruoo
K.....kuutarumiiya
KF....Kfuriiya
KP......kpeetalaazu
KW......kweetanuu
L......laaphutaazu
M......meetajiyamma
Mb .....mbuleembu
N......natarumiya
NCH......nchileke, nchikfu
Nw......nwekeoyo.
NY......nyatarumiiya
O.....opuu, obuu..
ó ....ochioku
P ......peempeem, paatapata.
R......Reeyaereere
S.......sofurunnenyu
Sh......shiibeité
T.....tupfurumuiya
Ts.....tsuudee
U.....unuu
ú.......únuu
V ....vutarumiyaa
W....weeyaewewe
Y......yeetamunueka
Z.......zuutarumunuiphe

here we are going to use ikwo alphabet � in making a sentences; thus every letter in capital letters is representing the verb and conjunction, preposition etc.
A...mee ejeewa " APHIA" ntaando teemeñú tenshi abata tee ishigeekwa nrii onó.
B......ntaamadu iphe ifuhuúnú efufuu ntá ndoo"OBULEE" nziñyú ozii bée isuru Lee meemenyu mmegude.
CH....biaa nwatâ baa agbashi osó "CHERUMÚ" tebeeh idaiko.
D.......obuule irijiwaru ewoo, ngee eje "DOOBlYA" inuwarú.
E.....egee mgbooko du beemuu t'amadu bu "EPHIEE" bée anoanono toobuloo ureenyansi.
F....." FOYOOLU, FONAYAOLU" wuuriyaa yee lee imee ité onó kpamkpam.
G.......owhe mbuuh ogogó onó ngaa "AGUFIYAA" teebee oñuu nshii.
GB..... "GBEEYAEGBEGBE" teemenú yoo obaahú dee leeh imeeokonó.
GW ......jee nkee nwànyí onoo èree enwuru, jaa azutaru'm nké mkpeekwo tee'm ngude ekamu "GWEEYAEGWEGWE".
GH....nwatâ oono anú teekwekpodua tee ii "GHUTIYAAHUTA".
H ....... nwatâ oono aara ekwá biko "HETIYAEHETA".
I .....ndiibeayi meeme temú jiaadu obu soo egburu anú okpu_"IKIKE".
i ......."ijeoma" beebú epha maamamú.
J.....emegé nge ee "JEEWARUOO"
K...... "KUUTARUMIIYA" t'eem ria egoonó.
KF......jee nke nnajiufu ayi jee "KFURIIYA" tee obiaa.
KP.....onyé bu ogurenya" KPEETALAAZU".
KW .....okwa obuule ii "KWEETANUU" m'abia.
L....mzirunyu ozi nguatsu onu rumurumu "LAAPHUTAAZU".
M....nwànyí obuule gbaambo "MEETAJIYAMMA" mbu njiewe.
MB....... teemenú tee uwa bidoo Lee "MBULEEMBU"bée nchileke keeru igwe bia ekee ali.
N...... nwanyi oono nturu aphia laadé ngaa "NATARUMIYA" ngwa ophee oono nturiya onó.
NCH..... sonso "NCHILEKE" bu onyé anu ndzu.
NW.....ntá amadulee "NWEKEOYO" beebú onyé okfu.
NY......bikobiko "NATARUMIYA" moobu mzahaya.
O.....nyunú kparuiphe ta akpu jeehedú "OBUU" ngamgbo.
Ó......onyé enya acha okú beebú "ÓCHIOKU".
P......saakwa ekwá onoo tee ocha "PEEMPEEM".
R.....vutiya jee ee "REEYAEREERE" leeime aphia.
S...... nwatâ obuule "SOFURUNNENYU" yeele nnanyu.
SH......oorua ureenyansi nge ee "SHIIBEITÉ" nri.
T .......noodú lee eli "TUPFURUMUIYA" teebee odalee ali.
TS...... nwanyi "TSUUDEE" mufutaraayi nwatâ oono.
U.......owaa bu nké "UNUU" lee ohaa.
Ú.......nri oono gbee dulephu "ÚNÙ" ta atsudiya.
V...... obuule odalee ebaa ngee "VUTARUMIYAA" temú zuua.
W .....otumu onoo haa nuka nshinu "WEEYAEWEWE" tee oruteeka
Y.....bia bée "YEETAMUNUEKA" teemú Vutaa nkuu Biko.
Z ....... rée nú iphe waa ZUUTARUMUNUIPHE mee iruaa aphia.

this write up is not copy right, neither republished.
discovered by @omahjasper@ nwaamaalí ugooma aka eguinyima...
✅ 13/08/22...
appréciations to almighty who by his mighty hands and strength that i completed this write up!
also to to my parents and all my well wishers and friends..
this alphabet � is mainly for ikwo language, and some other related languages like Ezza, Izzii etc.

Igbo dialect is more than 30 in number!

Did u mean it or joking?

[q inuote author=abagoro post=36840720]As an Igbo man with deep knowledge of almost entire Igbo dialects I believe the form of Igbo spoken in Afikpo and Ika are the purest even though they both occupy the extreme fringes of Igbo speakers.[/quote]i understand Ika language last time I watched their movie i enjoyed it a bit, to be sincere I'm from ikwo LGA near to afikpo but o can't understand fully their language...