₦airaland Forum

aribisala0:
What is noteworthy is there is no documented account of this Nri story before 1960 ,WHY? The truth is you folk have no history and now resort to faking one

That's the reality

@ op just because one or two words are similar dies not mean ebira has elements of igbo

Example

Alubosa same in Yoruba and Hausa
arewa same in Yoruba and Hausa

Does that mean Yoruba or Hausa have elements in each other

Please lets think better

Ozioma in ebira is different in igbo

Probz:
Tnat particular word stems from Igala/Yoruba actually. But spoken Ebira sounds Igboid enough for a listener.

Igbos and lies. I don't speak igbo well but hear very well. Does this sound anything igbo to you


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHjulkXf16M

aljharem:
Igbos and lies. I don't speak igbo well but hear very well. Does this sound anything igbo to you


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHjulkXf16M

What a bad choice of music... How can you pick this song where like 95% of everything there is Arabic and say it is an Ebira song lol.

If anyone want to hear pure Ebira language, listen to these:

Contemporary:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hqgzh71bkc

Traditional


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9QUFGjUH0g

aljharem:
Igbos and lies. I don't speak igbo well but hear very well. Does this sound anything igbo to you


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHjulkXf16M

Obviously not when it's mixed with Arabic. Ebira obviously has some Igbo-sounding elements else this wouldn't be up for discussion at all.

Probz:
Obviously not when it's mixed with Arabic. Ebira obviously has some Igbo-sounding elements else this wouldn't be up for discussion at all.

One unique thing about Ebira language is the plenty use of V and Z.
I don't think any language in Nigeria use those two letters like Ebiras do, except perhaps Nupe and Gbagyi.

AdeizaPaul:
What a bad choice of music... How can you pick this song where like 95% of everything there is Arabic and say it is an Ebira song lol.

If anyone want to hear pure Ebira language, listen to these:

Contemporary:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hqgzh71bkc

Traditional


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9QUFGjUH0g

Then it sound way more Yoruba then. Judging from your link

Probz:
Obviously not when it's mixed with Arabic. Ebira obviously has some Igbo-sounding elements else this wouldn't be up for discussion at all.

Like what and what ?

Mention 10things ebira has with igbo

Japanese, Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa,etc and Ebira have a common origin in the first language spoken by human beings here in Nigeria. That language was ancient Sanskrit.

For example, the Ebira name: Okino is also Japanese.
The Igbo name: Chika is also Japanese.


The original Japanese were Black People who migrated to Asia when Igbo, Ebira, etcwere were still within the Ancient mother language.

To show how ancient Ebira language is:

Adam (first human in Genesis creation myth) in Ebira is Ada' am (my father)

Eve(second human in Genesis creation myth) in Ebira is Eva (number 2)

Ejima (Ebira)= Ejima(Igbo)= Ejire (Yoruba)
Ohi (Ebira)= Ori (Yoruba)= Head

christopher123:
Ozioma is a name given to a child heralding good news
Ejima is twins

The Op is correct, Ebira is not too far from Igboland and it's normal that they will be influenced by igbos, however the Ebira language sound closer to Yoruba language than Igbo.

The Op is correct, Ebira is not too far from Igboland and it's normal that they will be influenced by igbos, however the Ebira language sound closer to Yoruba language than Igbo.

Some Ebira Yoruba names like Ojo, Obatemi, Omonure etc

oyatz:
Ejima (Ebira)= Ejima(Igbo)= Ejire (Yoruba)
Ohi (Ebira)= Ori (Yoruba)= Head

oyatz:
The Op is correct, Ebira is not too far from Igboland and it's normal that they will be influenced by igbos, however the Ebira language sound closer to Yoruba language than Igbo.

Some Ebira Yoruba names like Ojo, Obatemi, Omonure etc

Which part of igboland?

has element of Igbo in it ok

This is very true, brother.
I'm Igbo, living in Abuja.
I live in a compound with Igbirra Muslims, but every day, I feel like I'm among Nsukka people (I also stayed in Nsukka for six years).
The language sounds so much like Igbo, but I don’t understand a thing.
They talk, and I listen because it sounds so much like Igbo.
This isn’t just about similar words—mostly the way they speak that makes it sound Igbo, especially Nsukka Igbo.
Mind you, Igala, on the other hand, sounds Yoruba to me. But Igbirra—even some of their music—sounds so Igbo.