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HabibGwen230:
I'm proudly an igala babe 4rm Ayingba

Òmàyemi wòla ikoyi. Which side in anyigba, are you from

Afonjanightmare:

I know that you guys can't fit into Biafra cos you aren't industrious and skilled in business, academics or engineering, joke aside,
1.what has any Igala man achieved that got international recognition?
2.How many people in Igala land have put their names on the world map?
3. How many Igala Civil servants have committed suicide due to non payment of 22 months salary ?
4. What can they achieve on their own as a state without government assistance?
5. Why then should you compare yourself with Biafra?

Essay : not less than 1000 words

they know i*gbo as drugs dealers outside naija, if we didn't achieve anything, why ur cownu wanged to drag us?

Houstency:

Enegbani Jnr Mafia Uwe Kpai Idadi ya?

Attai wola alane. Ebumi gwu Oya wè

thanks for this. It'll help those of us that are not fluent.

gistsky:
Cock is called Ayiko/Aiko Stone is Okuta Omaobala Oma = child Obala means cat Omaobala means child of cat literally. Adejo is a compound word: Adu -Ojo Adu is slave, Ojo is God. AduOjo pronounced Adejo means slave of God/Servant of God

Ùgbò chùnyi we anè igala

Afonjanightmare:

I know that you guys can't fit into Biafra cos you aren't industrious and skilled in business, academics or engineering, joke aside,
1.what has any Igala man achieved that got international recognition?
2.How many people in Igala land have put their names on the world map?
3. How many Igala Civil servants have committed suicide due to non payment of 22 months salary ?
4. What can they achieve on their own as a state without government assistance?
5. Why then should you compare yourself with Biafra?

Essay : not less than 1000 words

lol,I thought you were claiming okun b4...d tin really pain u say we dissociate ourself from una.

Just so you know,we igalas do not run things with two-faced people,Igbo man weh fit use him own pikin do money wetin come b another person from another state?!!

Well,I don't blame you,had that client paid for your flat head that time you were born in that baby factory at nnewi and used you for money ritual you won't claiming okun and cooking stories #biadog

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Konquest:

^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^
@IgalaSchool


Good to see you have started this thread.
I've been reading about the Igala people
and history in steady increments since 1991! I find you folks to be a unique
people in the Nigeria because you are
at the epicenter/confluence of a cultural vortex.


The current Attah of Igalaland [HRM
Dr. Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni] had an interview published on August 26, 2017 in Saturday Punch. He indicated that Igala
language and people evolved from
the migration of a sizeable group of people
from Wukari [Jukunland] in Taraba
and they moved along the confluence
of River Benue to Amagede then to Idah
where they settled and MERGED with a sizeable group or population
of Yoruba people, Bini people, and to some
extent a small group of Ibo.
"So the Wukari migrant population merged
with them to form the language called
Igala as a people."


Wukari Jukun+Eastern Yoruba+Bini/Esan+Ibo
==> [IGALA NATION]



This thread and HRM Attah Michael Ameh
Oboni's interview could well shed more light on why Bowen's research classified
Igala (and Itsekiri) as Yoruboid languages.


I look forward to asking you and Igalas
on Nairaland some questions on
linguistic translations of Igala words.


Let's PUSH this thread to the FRONT
PAGE just like the ITSEKIRI thread
created by @onuwaje ["I Want to Learn Itsekiri Language"].


The Igalas on NL that I have been
following on NL should fall in and
bookmark this thread:@Meilyn, @Revolva,
@McSterling, @omaigala, @ednoville
~~~~~

Some Notable/Popular Igalas:
-----------------------------------------------------
[1] Praiz [Praise Egbede Adejo]
He sang "Rich and Famous" in 2014.

[2] Jeff Ufedo Akoh [2015 winner Project Fame]





Cc: @Seun, laudate, Olu317, kn23h, naptu2, Ishilove, onuwaje, alariiwo, nisai,
oduastates, aribisala, RedboneSmith, KingSango, Royalblack007, Explorers,
BininEmpire, Lalasticlala, Mynd44, TerraCotta, Katsumoto, macof, ehikwe22, cire80, Factfinder1, Fulaman198, scholes0,
MayorofLagos, BlaqCoffee109, NwaAmaikpe, fratermathy, omosefeeguaibor

HRM Attah Ameh has done some study even if one take away oral account and Art work to have made him arrive at this point. People are really trying so hard to seek out their ancestral origin which is a normal thing to do if one sees the needful of it. It is pertinent to emphasize here that Yoruba had in the past had contact with these people, which could be relatively because of intermarriages and trade. This had been identified through researches and orally transmitted account about these group of people that were largely farmers and fishermen in the olden days time which wasn't too different from the rest of other people. Even if there are differences. Till today, there are even migrants of Igala that have been assimilated one way or the other through intermarriages in Yoruba land. Source of information claimed that they are largely Jukun people with input from other tribes that became settlers within them. There are artifacts of IGALA that were dug out over 50 years ago that has similarity with BINI Art. Many tribes in Nigeria are related via marriages and trade. And by this, the spot of communication of business dealing was indeed around Jebba /Lokoja, in the olden days, when Yoruba beads was highly sorted after. While there were trading off of horses from the Northern part into Yoruba land. The location of trading did facilitated the Yoruboid languages classification of the IGALA .

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Proudly idah boy...even if igala mi fe gbolon (even if my igala isn't dat pure)

[quote author=IgalaSchool post=62615005]Counting in Igala (Numbers)

0 - Ofo
1 - Oka / Enye
2 - Eji
3 - Eta
4 - Ele
5 - Alu
6 - Efa
7 - Ebie
8 - Ejo
9 - Ela
10 - Egwa
11 - Egwa Oka
12 - Egwa Eji
13 - Egwa Eta
........
20 - Ogwu
30 - Ogwu Egwa
40 - Ogwu meji (Ogweji)
50 - Ooje
100 - Ogwu melu (20 x 5)
200 - Ideli meji


beautiful, sorry but,
40 - is ogbomeji not Ogwu meji thanks

I still remember when my father use to beat us, because we don't know how to read

1 - enye.

so I can read 1 enye very well.
even know money in the language very well.

bcoz I got beated for it.

hahahah thanks

Igala Name
Odu Igala

Ajanigo - Market dey look
Ajogwu - Warrior
Ugbane - Deliverer / Savior
Ojonimi - God owns life/breath
Onaji - Road blocked
Onalo - Road clear
Ogwuche - Medicine has done
Ojoma - God know
Ojochenimi - God na my person
Enemali - Person who has seen
Ojali - Gold
Adebo- Chief priest
Achonu - King maker

Obascoetubi:
what assignment?

I was given an assignment in school to get 200 words that starts with T but if I can get like 100 it will be enough.

IgalaSchool:


Bros but I honestly think the name Adu -Ojo is different from Adejo o.

I am an Igala guy i am telling you what it means. In Igala language like other languages, two or more words are combined to form a singular word. There is no such word like Ade in Igala language. Adu means slave or servant while Ojo means God. Adu-Ojo is then pronounced as Adejo by way of simplicity. Also, a word like Igala is a compound word derived from Iga Ala. Iga means a barricade and Ala means a sheep. That was how the name 'Igala' came about as it is handed over to us that Abutu Eje who is our ancestor was a shepherd. Thank you.

utenwuson:
the level of your stupidity is totally unacceptable....... it will lead you to suicide Kaaba boy

He is not from kabba. He is ibo

greatjoey:

I a an Igala guy i am telling you what it means. In Igala language like other languages, two or more words at combined to form a singular word. There is no such word like Ade in Igala language. Adu means slave while Ojo means God. Adu-Ojo is then pronounced as Adejo by way of simplicity. Also, a word like Igala is a compound word derived from Iga Ala. Iga means a barricade and Ala means a sheep. That was how the name 'Igala' came about a it is handed over to us that Abutu Eje who is our ancestor was a shepherd. Thank you.

There is no Ade in Igala. But there is “De” and the A before the De is another word , a pronoun.

So what does Adegbe and Adebo mean?

I know what you are saying about compound words. It is like that in many Aftican languages, but only one vowel ending or begining one of the composite words will take the place of another . I.e

Achebo - Ache and Ebo ( sacrifice maker), one E took the place of both
Ajogwu - Aja and Ogwu (Person wey fight War) the O took the place of the A ending Aja

That is the rule , not a new vowel that wasn’t there before now replacing two vowels that were there

Adejo is not Adu-Ojo. Adu ojo should be Adujo or Adojo following the rule.

Either that, or the pronunciation Aduojo in full just like Eleojo.

IgalaSchool:


There is no Ade in Igala. But there is “De” and the A before the De is another word , a pronoun.

So what does Adegbe and Adebo mean?

I know what you are saying about compound words. It is like that in many Aftican languages, but only one vowel ending or begining one of the composite words will take the place of another . I.e

Achebo - Ache and Ebo ( sacrifice maker), one E took the place of both
Ajogwu - Aja and Ogwu (Person wey fight War) the O took the place of the A ending Aja

That is the rule , not a new vowel that wasn’t there before now replacing two vowels that were there

Adejo is not Adu-Ojo. Adu ojo should be Adujo or Adojo following the rule.

This name you are talking about is my family name.

step1:


He is not from kabba. He is ibo

He is not ibo,ibo are peace loving people,he is ipob

greatjoey:

This name you var talking about is my family name.

Many Igalas make mistake concerning the language.

Ele Ojo is a combination of two Igala words as well.

I am telling you now that Aduojo is a name on its own and Adejo is a name on its own.

Todimusamuel:
I was given an assignment in school to get 200 words that starts with T but if I can get like 100 it will be enough.

Tumi no = leave me

Tumi ubi wakalo = follow me

Todu ojo = because of God

Todu oyawe = because of your wife

Todu okowe= because of your husband

Todu omawe = because of your son/daughter

Tono kilo = leave it & let it go

Todimusamuel:
I was given an assignment in school to get 200 words that starts with T but if I can get like 100 it will be enough.

are u not an igala man?

Adagba1:
He is not ibo,ibo are peace loving people,he is ipob

true

Afonjanightmare:


Cry me a river, irrelevant wicked and heartless people called the Igala

haba take am easy na

I am one of them and to me this is offensive

Afonjanightmare:

I'm married to an Igala woman unfortunately and I regret it with my life, Olanee, wicked MOFOs

sorry bro, ur marriage was never meant to last anyways, even if u had married from the moon.

IgalaSchool:


Many Igalas make mistake concerning the language.

Ele Ojo is a combination of two Igala words as well.

I am telling you now that Aduojo is a name on its own and Adejo is a name on its own.

I really wish you were an Igala guy too. Adè is a word in Igala which means relationship. Adu means a servant or slave. Adebo is correctly written in Igala as 'adèbò' Note that the sign on letter e and o are supposed to be at the bottom. Adebo means an idol worshipper. It is separately called Adu èbó. Ébó in Igala is idol. We call it Achichèbó also.

Afonjanightmare:

I'm married to an Igala woman unfortunately and I regret it with my life, Olanee, wicked MOFOs

bcoz of only one person, you decided to label the entire people wicked and heartless seriously.


every language has is own wicked people naaa

greatjoey:


I really wish you were and Igala guy too. Adè is a word I Igala which means relationship. Adu means a servant or slave. Adebo is crrectly written in Igala as 'adèbò' Note that the sign on letter e and o are supposed to be atthe bottom. Adebo means an idol worshipper. It is separately called Adu èbó. Ébó in Igala is idol. We call it Achichèbó also.

Wow didn't know you're Igala good to know.

greatjoey:


I really wish you were and Igala guy too. Adè is a word I Igala which means relationship. Adu means a servant or slave. Adebo is crrectly written in Igala as 'adèbò' Note that the sign on letter e and o are supposed to be atthe bottom. Adebo means an idol worshipper. It is separately called Adu èbó. Ébó in Igala is idol. We call it Achichèbó also.

Achichebo is person who makes offers to gods, same as Adebo same same, just different words describing same thing.
All I am saying is that Adejo can also mean togetherness. Pls make research very well.

Lol let us begin.so this is like an igala group stuff.

IgalaSchool:


Achichebo is person who makes offers to gods, same as Adebo same same, just different words describing same thing.
All I am saying is that Adejo can also mean togetherness. Pls make research very well.

You may be right in this too. Lets analyse the word structure here. a or awa mean us or we., de means to meet. Dè means presence. Jó is a plural form of dé which means presence too. Bringing these words together t make a sense, it laterally means we meet present. It doesn't make any sense. Togetherness in Igala is called 'udama'. If it has been Adedama, it would have been right. Better still, if the name 'Adejo' is seen as a phrase whose full meaning is 'Adejodama',
it would be translated as 'we met and stay together'. Pls, make more research too. Thanks.

Houstency:

Oma Ejeh, Oroka dé , uwé nugo ébu mi gwi Óya wé kpai amówé du.

Hahahahaha, ugbò chunyiwe anè igala