Radoillo:
Ogba in Benue state kwa?

Izugbe spoken by groups in Anambra? Hian!

i thought is only those boudary enugu and benues..asin those idomas in ubolo are only d idomas speaker igbo and opi junction

tonychristopher:


IF u read my post ukwuani is a tribe also with enuani even aro is a tribe all in igbo speaking ethnic group

Ur tribe is respected don't worry and ur my inlaw my wife is obiaruku ...they came or migrated from awkuzu in anambra

Do research ogo

You owe me 6 bottles of kai kai....

tonychristopher:


We caall myiyo also

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I m from Ebenebe, Awka North LGA Anambra State. We call it myiyo. Also, Nri people call it myiyo. Daaru nu umunne m

tonychristopher:


We caall myiyo also

Which is Nnewi, your dialect right?

veuttoutlemonde:


The problem lies here: ukwauni is a language and not a dialect but 100 percent part of this igbo/igboid family One cannot choose his history or rewrite history, our history is what makes us. If all the Igbo dialects mentioned by the OP are languages on their own, they would not qualify as Igboid. One can decide to change or deny his citizenship, but his history can never be denied or changed.

They actually all can be classified as igboid to me but we have two dichotomy here because some groups profess more their unique identity while some have embraced igbo as theirs. Since you cannot force identity on any group then igbo proper became an invention to group the others who have chosen to use igbo in place of their unique identities into one group (problem solved ).

We all started with our unique identities but along the course of history with the coming of the whiteman the option of going with igbo as one came to reality. Some accepted while some did not, the civil war in some way and ethnic perception within nigeria has helped to shape the present reality. We can go about it in a sensible way like adults or just keep on abusing ourselves if we try to shy away from reality and facts.

The issue of people denying their history is all but for selfish reasons. Self determination or even nationhood can be achieved without self denial.

donshaddow:


Thank you... Its just a simple logic.

Respect my wish as an Ukwuani man... Then I shall tell you, I generally fall into the igboid family.

We don't need you to admit your tribe to us or not. So far as you speak 'bia' for come and you call God 'chi' and drink 'mmili'(water), you are an Igbotic igbo man.

ideykwum:
You are amazingly dense!! I'm from Okrika, and would have proudly told you I'm Igbo if I was...not like some slowpokes on the Internet! I have made it my mission to unravel nonentities like you who use the Internet as a medium to spread hate and lies to justify political positions!

That's why I'm not surprised you didn't get my sarcasm about your being Yoruba...you're an empty vessel and an identity thief! A remarkable and bottom-of-the-barrel Liar!!

You just make me proud each time you dish a mortal blow to these people who shamelessly marginalised themselves trying to claim a new ethnicity. When their language and culture pleads a different course.

emmysoftyou:
bros,God bless u for digging out that thief,mayb he is selling handsets in agbor..
chai that guy na thief o, stynhaq

Oga. Agbor was under benin(Bendel) Pre-1991 We later became Delta. You guys should swim in ignorance.

donshaddow:


You owe me 6 bottles of kai kai....

I love dry gin with okeipku jara eze kaka

Pharoh:


They actually all can be classified as igboid to me but we have two dichotomy here because some groups profess more their unique identity while some have embraced igbo as theirs. Since you cannot force identity on any group then igbo proper became an invention to group the others who have chosen to use igbo in place of their unique identities into one group (problem solved ).

We all started with our unique identities but along the course of history with the coming of the whiteman the option of going with igbo as one came to reality. Some accepted while some did not, the civil war in some way and ethnic perception within nigeria has helped to shape the present reality. We can go about it in a sensible way like adults or just keep on abusing ourselves if we try to shy away from reality and facts.

I do not think I have ever met an Igbo (Igboid, if you prefer)-speaking person from the South-South who understands the situation, as clearly as yourself.

To be fair, most South easterners appear not to understand it, too - with the way many of us often insist that the Igbo ethnic identity was already a well-developed idea, prior to the 20th century.

emmysoftyou:
re yu from mbano?
Cos yu ve not answer my question...

Yes am from Mbano.

bigfrancis21:


Which is Nnewi, your dialect right?

Yes

Myiyo or ekete

FemiFaniKayode:
a Rivers man is NOT and will NEVER be an Igbo man

Seriously,who cares,how it take affect the price of garri in the market..

naijainfogalery:
Op you forgot to add egomoney - any igbo dialect is not complete without money

Ok... Noted.

babajero:
Yes am from Mbano.

bro...re u from isiala mbano or ehime mbano? cos mbano has their own typical dialect wich does not sound like central igbo...

ideykwum:
You are amazingly dense!! I'm from Okrika, and would have proudly told you I'm Igbo if I was...not like some slowpokes on the Internet! I have made it my mission to unravel nonentities like you who use the Internet as a medium to spread hate and lies to justify political positions!

That's why I'm not surprised you didn't get my sarcasm about your being Yoruba...you're an empty vessel and an identity thief! A remarkable and bottom-of-the-barrel Liar!!

Bros these people are actually yorubas impersonators posting hate comments there are about three of them including the one who calls his name ikwerreboy. Pls don't waste your time on them, they're just nonentity dogs who can never be bold enough to represent their miserable tribes in public but hide under people identity to post tripe.

emmysoftyou:
bros,God bless u for digging out that thief,mayb he is selling handsets in agbor..
chai that guy na thief o, stynhaq

Lmfaoo. What do you except from his type of pol. I keep saying Yotuba people are the worst set of things on this plsnet. Dem neva shame

veuttoutlemonde:
The issue of people denying their history is all but for selfish reasons. Self determination or even nationhood can be achieved without self denial.

What history and how far back can you go?. . . do you know that the more you go back in history the more you realize that igbo, yoruba and edo used to be one but see them today fighting each other like fools.

Radoillo:

I do not think I have ever met an Igbo (Igboid, if you prefer)-speaking person from the South-South who understands the situation, as clearly as yourself.
To be fair, most South easterners appear not to understand it, too - with the way many of us often insist that the Igbo ethnic identity was already a well-developed idea, prior to the 20th century.

Thanks and i don't mind whichever name is used as long as the usage is clearly understood. Studying history and looking at facts objectively would have helped but i believe some just want to stick to their present understanding because of the Nigerian factor. We all came to the world naked and going to leave it naked be you ukwuani or igbo.

We can all come together under one banner or have different banners in a very strong cooperation as one family no matter the various uniqueness. we only just need to understand each other, come to an agreed understanding and move on to better things. I belong to every igbo group you will ever find on facebook but people just think that promoting ukwuani uniqueness means someone hates the word igbo.

stynhaq:


Oga. Agbor was under benin(Bendel) Pre-1991 We later became Delta. You guys should swim in ignorance.

Lmfaooo. See how the wannabe swirm. Bendel was never called Benin state. Bendel was name of the state and benin was just the capital, not the whole state. Bendel state consisted of common day delta and common day edo state. Agbor was never the capital of bendel thus never part of Benin. Try and sell another story. Attache by force monkey.

**spits on the floor** people like you are not only pathetic but equally disgusting.

donshaddow:


Woman eeeh... Una too sabi play ball...

Una dribbling skills no get part 3... Lol..

But he said he's from Ukwuani... And he speaks more of igbo.. So he's an igbo if he so wishes...

She's saying the same way you asking others to respect your wish to self identify as ukwuani, likewise, you should respect the wish of Ukwuani's, like the one you guys are talking, that identify as igbo. That's all she was saying.

emmysoftyou:
bro...re u from isiala mbano or ehime mbano? cos mbano has their own typical dialect wich does not sound like central igbo...

mbano na mbano whether isiala or ehime.

UnknownT:
Pls I would like to know if there is any originally Igbo speaking town that had lost the Igbo language due to the influence of other language. Eg, These people that claim that they are Bini but 99% of their names, language, tradition has bin taken over by Igbo and also the Opobo/ Bonny area that speak Igbo since Igbos just came their as traders and slaves but have "taken" over the original Ibani there. I still wonder how the Igbos of then were able to influence the Igbo language on those towns without 'colonization' of the towns ( firing a shot).

I'm not sure of lost Igbo speaking towns. However, there are stories of Igbo migrants into Idoma, Igala, Cross river areas who settled in those areas and are today identifying as among those areas.

Vice versa for certain Igala and Idoma people who settled in Enugu state (Nsukka area esp). As for an entire Igbo-speaking town getting lost to some foreign language, I'm not so sure about that.

Ishilove:
Ukwuani is not exactly igboid. There are elements of Yoruba and Edo contained therein.

Otofe! Never knew there are elements of yoruba in ukwuani. I am aware of the influence of Bini in the language of most parts of anioma. I used to think that the yoruba dialect among the anioma people was from those igala/olukunmi (don't know if I'm spelling it right) people in places such as ugbodu and ukwu nzu (not sure of the spelling)

2kris:
i thought is only those boudary enugu and benues..asin those idomas in ubolo are only d idomas speaker igbo and opi junction

Idoma are not Igbo speaking. There are igbo indigenous group in Benue. Those are the ones he was taking about, not idioma

pazienza:


Even if I get you a snap shot of it, will it change anything? Will it stop your Igbophobia.

You are desperately trying so hard to derail this thread and turn it into an Ikwerre identity denial thread, like Nairaland doesn't already have enough of such threads.

Here is what your ancestors had to say about your ethnicity and even the colonial masters http://www.elombah.com/index.php/special-reports/16602-ikwerre-is-igbo

Thanks for this info .That governor what's' that his name should read this and perhaps change his name and relocate to where he belong upper part of zamfara he will be welcomed home,including his brothers that are bent on natural oil resources biafrans will never need your type. lost sons of zamfara

Thanks bro! We have to tell the truth! Surely evil has limits?? Even if doesn't, we are duty bound to curtail it!

postmann:

You just make me proud each time you dish a mortal blow to these people who shamelessly marginalised themselves trying to claim a new ethnicity. When their language and culture pleads a different course.

HopeAtHand:
The op of this thread has maliciously included Ikwerre amongst the various Igbo clans.

The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria recognises the Igbo and Ikwerre as two separate tribes..Nigerians can always refer to the constitution whenever that need arises.

We are not surprised at the Igbos and their tendencies because other Nigerians can prove that are always a provocative tribe and have the nature of attaching themselves to other people either by hook or crook.

tonychristopher, Pazienza, emmysoftyou, babyosisi, freeglobe, Abagworo and other NL igbos should do well to inform the op.

actually the op classified ikwere as an igboid language and not as an Igbo language. are you denying that ikwere is an igboid language?

HopeAtHand:



Nice one.

The truth is Igbos are a bunch of confusionists, liars, selfish and subverting people, they are always willing to generate hatred for themselves from the natives whenever they find themselves.

Ikwerres do not bother anyday about Igbos but they are dyeing over themselves to have Ikwerre included as Igbos primarily for their selfish desires to covet our natural resources and access to sea.

Ikwerre as a group is simply too sophisticated to be a subgroup of anytribe..Igbos should wake up to that reality,

unless you are drunk, you should know that things are what they are. no body is forcing anybody to be what they are not. ikwere is an igboid language whether you like it or not. it's undisputable. I can understand their language they can understand mine. with the rate you get high bp over Igbo matter, if you don't take time, you'll get stroke o. I don talk my own. #saynotoigbophobia

some yorubas are really demonic. why do they always impersonate south south people in order to attack ndi Igbo. any time any thread about the Igbo nation hits nairaland, they swarm here like tsetse flies spewing their hate. they are really the most hateful jealous bitter tribalistic tribe in Nigeria. I don't know whether they are being sponsored or they are just naturally evil. with the way dem dey carry Igbo matter for head. name stroke dem go get o. #saynotoigbophobia

OneNaira6:


She's saying the same way you asking others to respect your wish to self identify as ukwuani, likewise, you should respect the wish of Ukwuani's, like the one you guys are talking, that identify as igbo. That's all she was saying.

Honestly, I totally respect his wishes and point of view.

It was the lady I was trying to get the meaning of what she said earlier.

I'm an Ukwuani man, and I belong to the Igboid group.

Thanks