₦airaland Forum

aljharem:
Nigerians from the east are a very jealous set of people. Looool

But it does not matter

The same jealousy led nnamdi axikwe to lock up awolowo even after agreeing to go with one voice.

This is the same nigga who'll be saying Igbos saved his life.

aljharem:
Some igbos are very nice. One saved my life

Is that when you then introduced them to ogbono and abacha?

Revolva:
SO IF I NO BRING MY GAL TO MY PARENT HOUSE...AM NOW A MUMMYS BOY

U NO CERIOUS DO YOU THINK ITS EVERY GAL YOU TAKE TO YOUR HOME

NONSENSE DO U KNOW THAT I FEED MY PARENT EVEN AS I DE LIVE WITH THEM

DO YOU THINK IF THINGS WERE OK...WITH ME I FOR NEVER BUY MY OWN CRIB......

Nwatakili nwoke, nwayo nwayo.

What the OP said. The local spice doesn't work for every food but the more traditional hardcore foods are the better.

I hope people know Nigerian rice has the same nutritional content as brown rice.

aljharem:
I will send a link of akoko to you shortly

Akoko ikare


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzdeCjmbPs0

And what exactly was the other one if not Akoko?

I'm in.

asuustrike2009:
That's not true. No language is difficult to learn it all boils down to the individual learning it.

Okay, keep thinking that way.

Revolva:
your name probz shows you got a problem bro.....wetin concern you if i put dot....oga pls relax jare

I don relax.

At least no one can pin it on Igbos.

Revolva:
yeah bro i know ......that....thanks

Why all the dots? Can't you type like a normal person again?

Afam4eva:
Someone challenges you with superior argument and instead of you to tackle it, you're calling it blind defence. It's not enough to say that Igbo is harder than Hausa and Yoruba without giving concrete reasons. At least allow those that think contrary to air their opinions without suffocating them.

"Igbo language is difficult because of the huge number of dialects, its richness in prefixes and suffixes and its heavy intonation."

I've said my own. I didn't know I was even being challenged by superior argument.

Revolva:
as in how

vex who am just educating igorant nigerians about how igala land is....ok...too much




wow bro..really....you have igala roots...even how does igala people in anambra get noticed...am sure...many igbos dont know igala...and northern anambra have good ancestry ties...till date

You've obviously got reading comprehension issues. I said people on this thread made you angry and that you should take am easy.

Yes, my maternal grandma's Igala. Even without direct links most of us from the Nri-Awka axis have some distant Igala ancestry. I'm sure you know all about that.

agadez007:
Is English Language Easy,to Some it is to Others its hard

do a Search on Youtube on MrGhanababy who speaks Chinese and he Hasnt been in China more than 4 years,Does that mean Chinese is Easy?

Drop this blind defence thing you've got going on. Everyone knows Igbo's a hard language to learn

aljharem:
that is not akoko dialect

I don't speak or sabi Yoruba beyond the obvious pidgin loanwords so I'm counting on you guys to enlighten me. What is it if not Akoko?

agadez007:
I dont think there is Anything such as a Easy and Hard Language,just the zeal to Learn it

Reasons why people find Igbo hard is cos Many Igbo speak English or atleast pidgin English Fluently and not Willing to teach Another the Igbo langugae so There is no Need to learn the Language since you can easily Communicate with them in English or Broken unlike the Hausa Language where A lot dont Understand English so the Easiest way to Communicate with them is by Learning the Hausa Language and The Hausas are more than willing to Teach you their Language

Take Urhobo Language for Example,i have met Many Igbos born and Bred in Warri but dont Even know what is Come in Urhobo langugae because Urhobo People all speak Atleast Pidgin

I remember when i Decided to Learn Hausa because people was Saying itwas Easy,it was very difficult for me that i dropped the Idea of Learning it

Some languages are harder to learn than others though. Our intonation's not easy.

potent5:
Nwokem, put your money where your mouth is. Prove your so-called mettle in international law by citing a case on the principles of the place of domestic legislative instruments in international obligations and basic human rights. You are there calling me a clown as if being a clown is degrading. Shut up there, my friend. Shameless noisemaking impostor. Just provide something tangible to back your claims and you are here yakking nonsense.

My friend, kobinua. Shut your mouth

laudate? Provide something tangible? E be like say you no know this Nairaland again.

It obviously won't be Igbo. Even I'm not as fluent as I should be.

20CRATES:
* Akoko dialects - Oh my gosh!
* Ede Ife (Togolese) - Damn
* Idaasha - (one of the Beninois Yoruba dialects) - Jesu!
* Ilaje
* Owo, Ikale and Ondo tying 5th 3rdd in the Nigerian context.
* Owe (Kabba), Ijumu and Oworo tying 6th.
* Ekiti
* Ijebu

Yup.

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

Listen to him from 2.00 on. Now I can see (or hear) what you mean about Akoko. Chei.

Shezhawt:
You know your history... Thanks for the enlightenment

Our Frankie's a legend.

20CRATES:
* Akoko dialects - Oh my gosh!
* Ede Ife (Togolese) - Damn
* Idaasha - (one of the Beninois Yoruba dialects) - Jesu!
* Ilaje
* Owo, Ikale and Ondo tying 5th 3rdd in the Nigerian context.
* Owe (Kabba), Ijumu and Oworo tying 6th.
* Ekiti
* Ijebu

Yup.

You got the patience to lecture me on the Akoko-Edo/Ondo thing tonight? That one always throws me.

KingOvoramwen1:
Be like say you miss road better find the exit!!

Nwayo. No one's gonna take you seriously with lame insults.

KingOvoramwen1:
Get lost you stink!!

There's better insults out there than stink.

20CRATES:
The Edo influence in Eastern Yorubaland was more cultural than linguistic actually
There is only very very little Benin influence in south Eastern Yooruboids. There is more Yoruba influence inside Benin language than Benin influence inside south eastern Yoruba dialects.

But yes, culturally the Eastern Yoruba-Benin ties are very strong.

First pic. Oba of the Ondo Kingdom, The Osemawe
Second pic, Ondo girls.
Ondo titled man.
Olori of Ondo. (The Queen)

Note that these things we think of as Benin might actually be old Yoruba customs that have been retained in SE Yorubaland (with which Benin has the most enduring history of contact and relationship) and Benin itself.
The names of the Benin objects of state, Ada and Eben sound toooooo suspiciously Yoruba ( Sword/Cutlass and Knife) respectively in Yoruba.

lol, don't let me talk too much, before i become a legendary parrot.

You can't be a parrot if you're saying interesting things. Continue jare. I'm obviously listening.

20CRATES:
You see, that is the thing about Igala, A LOT of what you think does not sound Yoruba anymore are just because they have recieved a little pronunciation twist. They are still very much Yoruboid to a trained linguist, but would sound "Foreign-ish" to a layman.
Lets look at Achimugu or Achimugwu.

It actually means: "with accordance to inheritance" It actually comes from the proverb

"A che mu ogwu ki a jeun, ogwu a na wo"
If you do not eat your inheritance, it will increase (something like that)

Now, the ogwu in this context means Inheritance, which in Yoruba is Ogun, i.e inheritance. In this case Igala has substituted the nasal ending "Un" with "Wu", same way Ogun (medicine) becomes Ogwu in Igala, Ogun (war) becomes Ogwu. Etc.

If it was "Ashemogun", It will immediately sound Yoruboid won't it

Ojo is a shortened form for a longer name for god, can't remember the full word now. Same trick played out.

I see. And what's the weirdest Yoruba dialect?

20CRATES:
Itsekiri is a piece of cake- i don't even have any issues understanding like 80-85%
It sounds more like a dialect than language, like when someone is speaking conc. ekiti dialect or something.

Yes Igala fused with Idoma and Igbo. Can u inagine Igalas call cassava Akpu. Lool. Some parts even call a man Okolobia, the Igala actual is Onekule from One- person, Okule/ man (okunrin im Yoruba)

I dont understand Idoma, I would hv probably bn able to pull out the other half of what the language is


BUT surprisingly - Igala sound much more tonally like Yoruba than Itsekiri.

BOTH HAVE THE SAME high, mid and low tones, but Igala mimics Yoruba more. itsekiri sounds more flat, dunno why.

Do u speak Igala?

I don't speak Igala nah. I kinda wanna though. I'd sooner learn Yoruba first though since Igala itself stems from more of a Yoruba than an Igbo linguistic background.

Yup, I hear Ekiti Yoruba can make anyone's head spin. The whole eastern flank of Yorubaland (Ijebu, Ondo, Ekiti) obviously takes external influence from Bini linguistically compared to the more conc./mainline Ibadan/Osun/Ogun (Ijebu aside) peeps. Itsekiri just sounds like a distinct example of that. A language and a dialect at the same time. More akin to what Ikwerre is to Igbo.

We're both agreed that Itsekiri's more Yoruba than Igala could ever be. Igala names are in a world of their own. Nothing about Ojo or Achimugu would suggest they speak a Yoruboid language.

20CRATES:
Igala sound like a hybrid of Yoruba and something I can't place my hands on.
It is like 40-60% Yoruba and 60-40% Gibberish.

lol

The fusion would most likely come from Idoma and even Igbo. It just depends who speaks it though. Itsekiri obviously has a much stronger affinity with Yoruba.

20CRATES:
The Igalas are descendants of various waves of expeditions of Yoruba hunters who got lost looooong ago and couldn't find their way back home.
They then mixed with idomas and became a new tribe called Igala.

yea but igala share element of yoruaboid language in it ok

Revolva:
yeah musilim in the core area of igala land n christains amongt southern igalas

Looks like people don vex you for this thread. Nwayo.

Two words: Oduduwa and Ile Ife.

onuwaje:
i am not understanding ur point of argument sir

You only need to meet those two requirements to be Yoruba. Language doesn't come into it. Akoko people in Ondo don't even speak Yoruba as a first language but they're Yoruba because they claim Ile-Ife and Oduduwa descent. Itsekiri people can speak Yoruba but that doesn't mean they are I you just said they don't meet those requirements.

onuwaje:
no

Then there you go. They're not Yoruba. Only their language is.