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According to a statement issued by the Chairman Organizing Committee,Mr. Isaac Owunumba, the Community’s Publicity/Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emmanuel Vincent Okoro, the event shall take place at the Umu Primary School Playground,Agbor-Alidinma, and will be held under the Chairmanship of a renowned businessman, Chief Mike Okwunonke,the annual event will commence with the conference on October 13 as well as a thanksgiving service on Sunday October 15, 2017 at Samuel Ebie Anglican Church, Agbor-Alidinma, Ika South Local Government Area.

https://etimes.com.ng/agbor-alidinma/

It says Agbor Alidinma. Not Agbor

Are there no Bini words for "Iwa ji",why did they use Igbo language?

agadez007:
Are there no Bini words for "Iwa ji",why did they use Igbo language?

Why are most Igbos Anglicizing the spelling of traditional words?

I mean for example a word like Iwa- they spell as Iwah
Ude is now Udeh

Udo (falling tone) is now Udor

Many words now end in: eh, uh, or, eh, ah.
Quite unlike before.

I have even seen many now spelling the old form Okpara as 'Okparah'

AdeizaPaul:
Why are most Igbos Anglicizing the spelling of traditional words?

I mean for example a word like Iwa- they spell as Iwah
Ude is now Udeh

Udo (falling tone) is now Udor

Many words now end in: eh, uh, or, eh, ah.
Quite unlike before.

I have even seen many now spelling the old form Okpara as 'Okparah'

Dialect! Have you come across the phenomenon before?

THEY ARE IGBO

agadez007:
Are there no Bini words for "Iwa ji",why did they use Igbo language?

Ekealterego:
Dialect! Have you come across the phenomenon before?

Adding 'r' or 'h' at the end of words like Udo and Uzo has nothing to do with dialect.

RedboneSmith:
Adding 'r' or 'h' at the end of words like Udo and Uzo has nothing to do with dialect.

Well, with my dialect it does kind of because of the emphasis at the end.
However, I understand the overall goal of doing that. Because, letters like ó with the dot under and the likes do not feature on English keyboards, and spelling it with the ordinary o gives a different pronunciation and may be meaning, given that the language is tonal.
It doesn't happen in Igbo language alone, it happens even with other European languages. For instance, in German, the umlaut, "ü" and 'ö' are changed to, 'ue' and 'oe' respectively. Müller now becomes, Mueller, Bayern München becomes, Bayern Muenchen, straße, becomes strasse, etc

However, the guy I quoted was also saying another different unconnected justification to make his point.

AdeizaPaul:
Why are most Igbos Anglicizing the spelling of traditional words?

I mean for example a word like Iwa- they spell as Iwah
Ude is now Udeh

Udo (falling tone) is now Udor

Many words now end in: eh, uh, or, eh, ah.
Quite unlike before.

I have even seen many now spelling the old form Okpara as 'Okparah'

i dont know

ariesbull:
THEY ARE IGBO

i didnt say so oooo