helinues:


I am not saying they are not making use of Igbo dialects at all but you can't compared it with let say Wizkid which In almost in all his songs, there must be a new Yoruba words/terms .

Both of them have also used Yoruba words in their music nwhich are also popular and trend.

helinues:


I have actually been struggling with your arguments, more like they have no basis.

Wizkid is old generation at what age?

cazchi:


Our roots(land) has been compromised and poisoned. The day we get Biafra back is the day the our cultures will take centre stage. From Igbo, to Calabar, from Ibibio to Annang!

helinues:


You are not addressing the issue apart from shifting goal post.

In all tribes in Nigeria, to my best of understanding oo, Igbo's are the ones who speak less of their local dialect even when they are within each other.

The Igbo parents have neglected teaching their wards local dialect which is making the situation detoriating yearly.

I have lived amongst Igbo's before, except people from the same state,town or community, if Igbo's of different community or state converge together, they hardly speak local dialect but English. It's something I have also observed for quite some time

helinues:


Laughing hysterically @ emboldened...

If Lagos or other SW states are not already developed, your people won't be coming. And if you people relocate back to your region, that won't still stop the development of SW states.

It's only derision which is just to massage egos of some people.. We have no issue with that as long that makes them sleep better at night.

gentiles:

Sneaky creatures. Is ibadan, Ogbomosho or Oshogbo developed.? Lagos is not Yorubaland, it is a no man's land. Show me anywhere in Yorubaland that is developed.

Goodmarlian:


First of all are you Igbo?
If no what are you doing here

gentiles:

Sneaky creatures. Is ibadan, Ogbomosho or Oshogbo developed.? Lagos is not Yorubaland, it is a no man's land. Show me anywhere in Yorubaland that is developed.

Totilopussylick:
The reason is because the Igbo language are different languages

If you go Anambra state they speak different Igbo language

Same in all the states

Totilopussylick:
The reason is because the Igbo language are different languages

If you go Anambra state they speak different Igbo language

Same in all the states

helinues:
[s]People learn things they are interested in and proud of[/s]

Ojiofor:


That is not the problem because if you can speak your local dialect then that means you speak igbo language.

Goodmarlian:


But it's not their fault they were born there,they didn't choose to their parents migrated there in search for greener pastures,my late dad migrated to Lagos after the end of the civil war in 1972.

BKayy:
I don't see any reason for this thread. The sad reality is that the few that can't speak Igbo because they were born in ordinary Lagos are even grave minority compared to those born within that Lagos that can speak Igbo.

I have noticed that most Efulefus like to make their personal problem a national one. The fact that you personally can't speak Igbo because you were born in Lagos doesn't mean that you should broadcast something that you should be ashamed of as of it affects others who can speak the language.

If I am to rate the ratio of those born in Lagos that can speak Igbo to those born in that same lagos that can't, I will say that it is 15:1 in Igbo favour.

If you doubt it, create another thread to ascertain the ratio, then you will find out why I say that those that cannot speak Igbo should just keep quiet and get lost.

They made their choice

helinues:
People learn things they are interested in and proud of

Datikwerreboi:

Yoruba is worst , a typical Yoruba doesn't understand Ekiti language. Even ijebu is difficult.

marsman:

Nonsense. Ekiti language although might not be fully understood, but there is no way a typical Yoruba man won't understand the whole context of what the Ekiti or Ijebu man is saying. This people act in Yoruba movies speaking with their different intonations and they are still understood. I wonder were these obviouly dumb facts come out from.

Totilopussylick:
The reason is because the Igbo language are different languages

If you go Anambra state they speak different Igbo language

Same in all the states

Billingslord:

bro,not all post you suppose to answer sometimes you ignore.that is how they usually do like they know yoruba culture than yoruba itself.the guy the fool quoted was not even talking about yoruba but out of his inferior complex and low self esteem he stated blabbing about yoruba he know nothing or little about.
sometimes it is good to ignore

marsman:

Nonsense. Ekiti peoples Yoruba although might not be fully understood, but there is no way a typical Yoruba man won't understand the whole context of what the Ekiti or Ijebu man is saying. This people act in Yoruba movies speaking with their different intonations and they are still understood. I wonder were these obviously dumb facts come out from.

Moreover there is a general Yoruba toungue without any predominant thick intonations, Yoruba people also use to communicate among each other.

There is nothing like ekiti language.

Totilopussylick:
it make it hard to speak the general Igbo language because of local dialect.

A lot of Igbo local government in Igbo states have different dialect.

Igboid:
I have relatives born and raised in USA who speak impeccable Igbo.

I think it's more of a problem with Igbos raised in non Igbo parts of NIGERIA than Igbos in outside NIGERIA.

Ojiofor:


What parents teaches their kids is their village dialect not central Igbo,you can learn central Igbo either in the school or through interacting with other Igbos from different states.Those who can not speak Igbo are those who doesn't speak any Igbo dialect at all.

BKayy:

Don't play that card. It doesn't work on Ndigbo any longer.
If those Efulefu in Lagos decided not to learn Igbo, then we have no option than to consider them lost.

The Igbo nation have passed the stage of blackmail. Once they step into Igboland or any Igbo affair outside Igboland, they will be reminded without remorse that they are Efulefus. People with no nation.

Billingslord:
why would they learn or speak language that is not appealing to hear,some of them are even a shame of speaking the language in public outside iboland. that cannot be say about yoruba and Hausa.

Totilopussylick:
l'm from Ebonyi state

And we have different dialect from neighboring states.

But I understand central Igbo language a little bit

Totilopussylick:
l'm from Ebonyi state

And we have different dialect from neighboring states.

But I understand central Igbo language a little bit