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Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ejanla07: 6:43am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Enuguboy4nsk: 2016 you are yet to get over dis inferiority complex. . Sorry oooo. We anambra folks cant epp u |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Nobody: 9:23am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ugosample: It is not the matter of good or bad. Quotasystem simple means inability of a person to speak English does not guaranteed he is unlearned. English is not the weighing machine for learning. In developed countries, they use their mother tongue. It's time 4 Nigeria 2 declare Hausa as official language. It's good to learn English language, and the other 3 major languages of the federation. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Nobody: 10:20am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ejanla07:who's is this slowpoke... go and give ur mama cucumber to fvck...that's the only thing una women sabi |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 10:41am On Dec 24, 2016 |
FriendChoice:. English is not the weighing machine for learning, I agree, but with many of them up north not knowing how to speak English, sorry to say, they are of no use to the rest of Nigeria because they cannot communicate with the rest of us, and Southern Nigeria does not speak Hausa. Making Igbo Yoruba and Hausa as official languages is not a bad idea tho, but how many Hausa people are willing to learn the other Nigerian languages? |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by sremmlyf(m): 10:42am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Enuguboy4nsk:it's lyk this reccession has eaten deep into ur empty skull??.must you add "Anambra people" if u you have any issue's with him then deal with it and stop dragging good people of anambra into this.how u even sure he's from anambra.gt some life bro! |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by QuotaSystem: 11:02am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ugosample: Ugosample: You sound as if everyone south of the Niger is capable of speaking and writing good English. We are all witnesses to the gruesome murder of proper grammar on this forum to start with, so quit fooling yourself with that false and fraudulent claim that most people in the South speak good English. Are you completely ignorant of the fact that Russians, Chinese and Arabs speak worse English than is spoken over here? I repeat, emphasize and assert that the ability to speak and write in English is not a measure of intelligence or literacy. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Nobody: 11:03am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ugosample: OK. Let everyone speak his language. Communication is still established between northerners and southerners despite the English barrier. Sometimes southerners are ill informed by the media. Northerners go 2 school as well. They might not efficiently and fluently speak the language but they understand and communicate. I ask you the same question how many Igbos and Yorubas are ready to learn Hausa language ? Many can already speak it. Hausa is the second most widely spoken language in west Africa. It should be declare as second official language after English. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 11:07am On Dec 24, 2016 |
QuotaSystem: @Your first paragraph,;if course many southern people murder English too, but hey when it comes to spoken English, many Northern people can't even speak AT ALL when compared to the south. and your last statement, I have agreed already, but still, without a basic grasp of English, you are handicapped in this world. Remove Chinese from that list o, Chinese people, especially those under 18 speak English even better than us, yet they speak Flawless Chinese too. Can't you guys up north adopt a policy to achieve same? |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 11:11am On Dec 24, 2016 |
FriendChoice: I have always wanted to learn Hausa tho, I did it in secondary school and it was fun; D Funny enough, my Hausa teacher was an Igbo woman how ironic and she spoke well (she grew up there) Daya biyu... Shidda,, chai I don forget.. then there are other words I remember like Ashirin, Wasa, yaya ne, etc too bad, I have forgotten most of it |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by WomanOfRace(f): 11:14am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Go any where in the world and you will never miss an hausa person when you come in contact; their language is their identity. I'm an Igbo but I weep for us because of the rate we aspire to become everybody but nobody. We are losing fast on our identity, who we are , what we represent and what we stand for. If I'm man, I wouldn't marry a woman that will find it a taboo to teach my mother tongue to my kids anywhere we are, likewise a woman I am. It is even war now when a friend tried to make me stop speaking Igbo because I have arrived city and should drop anything that associates me to village girl. If I hear! who dash monkey banana? I'm an Igbo first, then the rest follows. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 11:16am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Or, why don't we make pidgin English self official language too, then let it evolve over the years by infusing Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba words into it like we have now, that will be a better way to unite the country tho (just thinking out loud) For example, wahala is a Yoruba word but it is used in pidgin with the same meaning.. Akpu is used in pidgin too, and other words like that |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Nobody: 11:16am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Enuguboy4nsk: Rubbish. Some people spend their time hyping the north. It's not a truism that hausa is the most spoken language. It has not been proved and there is no data to back if up. Hence the premise of this senseless write up is questionable. Finally southerners need to have sense. Many of us are stupid. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Nobody: 11:18am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ugosample: You see. My first Hausa teacher is a Yoruba here in the north. But the fact is you cannot learn Hausa in primary or secondary school. My Igala friend has higher scores than I in terminal exam. But I can speak and write Hausa more than him. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 11:20am On Dec 24, 2016 |
WomanOfRace: It's unfortunate o, but the language cannot die as long as millions still live in the SE. any language that survived till today (the internet age) cannot die. Afterall, many Jewish people cannot speak Hebrew, yet they run this world, and many Chinese and Koreans who grew up in say U.S. UK or France cannot speak Chinese, but they are doing very fine too. What will be worrisome is if those in the SE don't speak Igbo again, or those in the North don't speak Hausa again, but as long as the language is spoken at the origin, the language is not dying 1 Like |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by QuotaSystem: 11:20am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ugosample: If broken English is your metric for stating the bolded, then you may be excused, because many southerners cannot speak English as well so there's really no basis for comparison. Otherwise that statement is completely false and is an indictment on your own capacity. Regarding the Chinese, say what you know. I've lived among them and know exactly what I'm saying. Mandarin and English does not mix well. 1 Like |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Nobody: 11:21am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ugosample: E go make sense. Wahala is Hausa too and it has the same meaning. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by WomanOfRace(f): 11:24am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ugosample: Daalu nwoke omma, jide ka iji. Okwu gi bu eziokwu. Merry Christmas. 1 Like |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 11:31am On Dec 24, 2016 |
QuotaSystem: Yea broken English, maybe... If we all can speak broken English, then infuse our languages into it, that would be very good. Besides, I stayed with Chinese people too when I was away, and they spoke English and French (because it was a French speaking country) and Mandarin. Though they pronounce certain words funny they still spoke better than most people here |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 11:32am On Dec 24, 2016 |
WomanOfRace:Daalu o. Chukwu gozie gi 1 Like |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Nobody: 11:35am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Ugosample: No You did not get his point. Go back re-read the bolded text of the previous quote. You claim northerners cannot speak English in comparison with southerners. You made a grammatical error in writing that and a northerner is correcting you. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 11:43am On Dec 24, 2016 |
FriendChoice: Yea, the bolded is not correct grammatically. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by aminho(m): 2:00am On Dec 26, 2016 |
Ugosample:oga Chinese under 18 no dey speak any English oo i dey stay for china for years now,i know wetin i dey yarn 1 Like |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 2:19am On Dec 26, 2016 |
aminho: I'm talking of the ones I stayed with here in Africa (but not Nigeria tho, it was a French speaking country) |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Birniwa(m): 2:21am On Dec 26, 2016 |
I wonder if all these magg0ts objecting the above topic are really educated or even did go school at all. With all the technological advancements and plethora of realities at your forefront yet you still find it hard to research this and come in concordance with the truth? Facebook owner and his team are not even Nigerians nor Africans but they are educated and know the reality before them. Stop hating and gave the reality, the inclusion of Hausa on Facebook platform won't reduce you with anything. 2 Likes |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by aminho(m): 2:32am On Dec 26, 2016 |
Ugosample:oh i understand but that should not be a yardstick to judge since you mentioned that they are in a foreign land,so definitely they must speak another language so as the hausa that you will meet outside 1 Like |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Ugosample(m): 9:42am On Dec 26, 2016 |
aminho: Nice. So are you Hausa too? |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by Nobody: 4:36pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
There need not be a conflict here. A child can learn multiple languages comfortable, and just as someone said rightly, eloquence of any language isn't an indication of wisdom or intelligence. Also, this problem isn't unique to Igbos. We also have people within the S/west who would rather not associate with the Yoruba language-though In the minority. However I would conclude that this problem is more predominant with Indigenes of S/S Nigeria rather than Igbos. The vast majority of my Igbo friends are proud speakers of the Igbo language. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by lacasera14(m): 6:14pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
It's alright |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 7:57pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
SuperS1Panther: Their religion is imported, so, Hausa is an eroded culture |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by EazyMoh(m): 9:01pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Ugosample:Lol! Wahala is actually originally a Hausa word. |
Re: Why Hausa Language Is The Most Spoken: Igbo Perspective by aminho(m): 2:25pm On Jan 10, 2017 |
Ugosample:yes i am0 |
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