akdjr:
Igarra people speak a language they called "Etuno" and Benin speak "Bini" or "Edo"

Albert0011:

Its related to Igbo language small sha
When someone is speaking Igbo..i understand 70% of what the person is saying.

Softboy001:




I guess this is delta state, that Igbo language you have up there is not the same please

We have...
1.Aniocha
2. Ika
3. Ukwani.
They sound like Igbo but are not Igbo. And the are very different from one another. I know this because am an ika man but from Edo state

Vinnie2000:



Despite u guys understanding dier language, Most still claim dat they shouldn't b called Igbos, particularly the Ikas(Agbor pple) n Ndokwa(Kwale n Ukwuani pple)..

Major Gen Leo Irabor of Ika origin says he is NOT an Igbo man..

Dorathy of Big Brother Naija Show is from Ika when she spoke Igbo in one of their Thursday nite presentation, Hell was let loose by Ikas in Nigeria n Diaspora on Twitter, saying Ika is not Igbo!!

It is only d Asaba, Ibuza n Issele-ukwu pple dat don't have Qualms being referred to as Igbos...

So u Igbos cannot be Forcing Dem..Just like Hausa forcing d kaduna tribes d OP mentioned to identify demselves as Hausa..

Is it Right??

AreaFada2:


The bolded is only partly correct. The Portuguese called it Beny by 1473. By 1553 when the British came they called it Benin. Actually it was coastal subjects in Delta who told the Portuguese that the overload/King of Ubini was in the interior. By the 1470s, the former tentative name Ubini had been replaced by Edo decades earlier. It was renamed Edo in 1440 by Oba Ewuare I to honour Edo, a brave executed servant who had saved his life as a prince because the tussle for the crown had turned deadly. Fact is Ubini or Ile-Ubini was never really accepted by Benin people as a name. It was a name outsiders called Igodomigodo.
Today, Urhobo call Benin Aka, Igbo call it Idu, etc. Although both have known good historical reasons to refer to Benin as Aka and Idu but Benin/Edo people do not call themselves such. Yoruba even call it Ado.

Idu was the founder of Edo/Benin nation. Igodomigodo was the real first name Edo/Benin called themselves. The Second self-given name (by Oba Ewuare I) was Edo. Ubini/Beny/Benin or whatever variations was NOT given to Igodo/Edo people by themselves and thus never used in Edo Language. There is no Ovbie Benin or Ovbie Bini. It is Ovbiedo. It was previously Ovbie Igodo. Since Benin became known worldwide as an Empire, for easy recognition sake, Benin is preferred, not Bini. None of the two is indigenous to Edo people anyway.

I hope this clarifies it better.

Vinnie2000:



I stayed in Asaba for 7months n d peeps re Aniocha Oshimili n from I understand from the Guys I stayed with, we have 3 Igbo-related tribes in Delta State.......

Ndokwa (Kwale, Ashaka, Ogume areas, sb just told me Umutu n Obiaruku are part of it..)

Ika (Agbor, Igbodo, Umunede, Abavo,etc..)

While Anioma or Enuani (Idumudje-ugboko/uno, Issele-ukwu, Ogwuash-uwku, Asaba, Illah, Ibuza)

Ur town/village should be amongst d last group..

I am grouping Dem like dis 4 proper understanding of readers..

Softboy001:




I guess this is delta state, that Igbo language you have up there is not the same please

We have...
1.Aniocha
2. Ika
3. Ukwani.
They sound like Igbo but are not Igbo. And the are very different from one another. I know this because am an ika man but from Edo state

ImmaculateJOE:


So its safe to say that Ndokwa and Ukwani are belongs to the larger ethnic group called Igbo..

lordfalcao:
albertoooo

Albert0011:


I can't really tell o
It is all based on individual differences sha
Some ukwuani people don't even see them selves as Delta Igbo.

Vinnie2000:


BOOM!! Wat I have been saying since the beginning of dis thread..

Am a Deltan but some persons commenting abt dis issue are not..

Super Eagles Ex Captain Sunday Oliseh(dat name is likely Ukwuani/Kwale) Boldly stated recently dat He is NOT Igbo n does not being addressed as Delta Igbo!!

Dorathy of BBNaija calls herself Delta Igbo n Ikas were very Angry@her!!..
.

As I have said earlier, D Ndokwas/Ikas have stuck to dier guns that they re NOT Igbo n don't even like being cald Delta Igbo!!

It is Aniocha Oshimili pple (Asaba, Issele-ukwu) that doesn't mind.(because of dier closeness to Onitsha..)

So let's end d arguments..D tribes are Igbo-related or Igbo descendants but have Carved a Niche for demselves hence u hear titles such as Dein of Agbor...

thank you!!

Vinnie2000:


BOOM!! Wat I have been saying since the beginning of dis thread..

Am a Deltan but some persons commenting abt dis issue are not..

Super Eagles Ex Captain Sunday Oliseh(dat name is likely Ukwuani/Kwale) Boldly stated recently dat He is NOT Igbo n does not being addressed as Delta Igbo!!

Dorathy of BBNaija calls herself Delta Igbo n Ikas were very Angry@her!!..
.

As I have said earlier, D Ndokwas/Ikas have stuck to dier guns that they re NOT Igbo n don't even like being cald Delta Igbo!!

It is Aniocha Oshimili pple (Asaba, Issele-ukwu) that doesn't mind.(because of dier closeness to Onitsha..)

So let's end d arguments..D tribes are Igbo-related or Igbo descendants but have Carved a Niche for demselves hence u hear titles such as Dein of Agbor...

thank you!!

Sammy07:
My state only has two.

Ondo state

Yoruba and Ijaw

RedboneSmith:
1. Igbo (three macro-dialects of it)
2. Oza (a Bini dialect)
3. Olukwumi (a Yoruba dialect)
4. Igala (the Ebu dialect)
5. Itsekiri
6. Urhobo
7. Isoko
8. Ijaw

So, at least 8 languages are spoken in my state; but that number may even be higher depending on how one defines language and dialect.

(Some of the dialects of Urhobo and Isoko are sometimes ranked as different languages, e.g., Okpe and Erohwa, just as some of the dialects of Igbo are often ranked as different languages).

ceeceeuwa:

Have you heard the ikpe dialect of undo state. Don't know if I got the spelling right. The first time I heard them speak, I was forced to ask if they are kogi or Benue indigene. I was shocked when they said they are from Ondo. Ikpe akoko

samwash:
.
Only in the South- South is not dominated by a particular language, because they have different tribes living among themselves.

ceeceeuwa:

Have you heard the ikpe dialect of undo state. Don't know if I got the spelling right. The first time I heard them speak, I was forced to ask if they are kogi or Benue indigene. I was shocked when they said they are from Ondo. Ikpe akoko

spiceadole:


Unnecessary division.
All these tribes understand and speak HAUSA.
Yes or Yes?

EbiJUNIRO:
Bayelsa •Ijaw •Epie •Ogbia

shiishiluper:
Benue has: Tiv, Idoma, Igede, Itilo, Utonkon and few other. Minorities.

AreaFada2:


We have related languages in Edo and Delta that are same as some Ondo languages.

Ahmed0336:
In Nasarawa State we have the following


13. Toto ( Gbagyi, Nupe, Ebira)

Trimjos:

Mister go and sit down. U have nothing to argue here

Daum:


I swear, I heard one language like that spoken by people in Owan community near the river before ifon, my God, I was confused. The language was dancing on its own. It didn't sound like Yoruba but it didn't sound like Owan. It was just on its own.

Utese and Egbeta share boundaries but they don't understand each other. Their two languages are different from Benin

Oshokalo:
Edo has 17 languages,go ague with google

Vinnie2000:


BOOM!! Wat I have been saying since the beginning of dis thread..

Am a Deltan but some persons commenting abt dis issue are not..

Super Eagles Ex Captain Sunday Oliseh(dat name is likely Ukwuani/Kwale) Boldly stated recently dat He is NOT Igbo n does not being addressed as Delta Igbo!! I AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S LIKE THE WAY THE ESANS OF EDO CENTRAL MIGRATED FROM BENIN BUT ARE NOW REGARDED AS A DISTINCT LANGUAGE GROUP.

Dorathy of BBNaija calls herself Delta Igbo n Ikas were very Angry@her!!..
.

As I have said earlier, D Ndokwas/Ikas have stuck to dier guns that they re NOT Igbo n don't even like being cald Delta Igbo!!

It is Aniocha Oshimili pple (Asaba, Issele-ukwu) that doesn't mind.(because of dier closeness to Onitsha..)

So let's end d arguments..D tribes are Igbo-related or Igbo descendants but have Carved a Niche for demselves hence u hear titles such as Dein of Agbor...

thank you!!

mdpeace:


wow, but are they indigenes or work brought them from Niger, kwara and kogi?

Athemisia:

Amazing.... you mean PÛ$S¥ right??

Trimjos:


How is SE 97% igbo?? Oga it is 100%
Which other language is spoken in SE other than igbo?

Vinnie2000:

I am from Delta State and we have diz tribes n dialects in bracket...

*Urhobo (Uvwie)
*Urhobo (Okpe)
*Urhobo(Ughievwen)
*Urhobo(Ughelli/Abraka dialect..it's called Agbon or so)

*Ijaw (Igbe-ijoh/okerenkoko)
*Ijaw(Central, Bomadi/some Burutu towns e.g Ojobo, Okpokunou.. )
*Ijaw(Burutu e.g Ogulagha, Odimodi)

*Isoko

*Itsekiri

*Ika(Agbor pple)

*Ukwuani(Obiaruku n Umutu pple)

*Ndokwa (Kwale pple)

*Anioma(Asaba/Issele-ukwu pple)..It is this Group that is Closest to Igbo language because they re facing Onitsha in Anambra..

By the Way, who is d Guy in d first page misrepresenting Delta State??