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This is a good news coming from Aba that was neglected for years

aribisala0:
What skill that prove or disprove?
That is silly and childish

not silly and childish less you are trying to avoid the questions

You established an arguments and you should have better prove

aribisala0:
That is not relevant
Actually it is a stupid question
Why not ask what part of America I am from or what part of Spain?
Kay WIlliamson was white but she published an Igbo dictionary based on Onitsha dialect

where are you from? How is it not relevant,
I am only curious because you tend to know about the Igbo ethnic classification

aribisala0:
That was Not the argument just an illustration

I suggest you go and study the classification of Igboid languages by Kay Williamson
The first author of an igbo dictionary and foremost authority.
If yo.u are not familiar with her work
You really are out of your depth here

There is difference between a dialect and a related language

A related language may be intelligible in one direction e.g many Portuguese speaker s understand Spanish though many Spanish speakers Do not not grasp Portuguese

Intelligibility is not what makes one a dialect of another

you still consider intelligibility as part of your argument
So tell us the coronation on the word “come “ in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian languages that should be a first observation

Word might be similar but relatively can be understood by the wider population of the same language speakers.

aribisala0:
That was Not the argument just an illustration

I suggest you go and study the classification of Igboid languages by Kay Williamson
The first author of an igbo dictionary and foremost authority.
If yo.u are not familiar with her work
You really are out of your depth here

well you tends to know peoples ethnic origin and classifications

What part of Igbo are you from ? If you are ?

aribisala0:
I am saying no one knows
What we know from research is that there is a family of lanbcalled called Igboid
and That in That family all languages bare not dialects of the other rather they have a common root.
It is called Igboid BECAUSE Igbo speakers are the largest group in terms of population
Not for any other reason

There is a family of Languages called Romance
Italian Spanish Portuguese,French etc
They share some names in common
E.g Roberto, Ronaldo,Maria,Christiano,Paula,Andrea,Davido, etc

No one group can claim.landfill these names
That is one way to think about it

it still drag you back to your previous argument.
Mind you weither you speak American accent or British accent you are still speaking English. Hence American have another word for “Come” that differs from how British say it .

aribisala0:
Is a plantain a type of banana or banana a type of plantain?
Did Ibos exist first
Are those people using Ibo names or are Ibos using those people's names.
America is bigger than England can they tell English people to stop using American names?

r u saying other Igbo group colonized them and it’s why they speak on different dialects?
The same way British colonized America to what we now call American accents??

Abagworo:
This non-stamped photo of Aba impressed me. If Nigerians can love their nation and consider themselves as part of Government it won't take long for us to develop.

well said

Jcoleworld911:
Onitsha is still economic vibrant more than aba, if Anambra is playing second fiddle then Abia isn’t pushing atal

Abians need this your advise more than ndi Anambra

Thank you

so where is all this arguments leading you people to??

Such a shame for a people of the same region, ethnicity

The Apc fat pig is not on the street
He doesn’t know what the larger population r facing

lordm:
He killed himself for nothing.

he died a hero right

No evidence

Really nice

EbolaTinubu:
Why dem extinguish am na?

Them for leave am make him go meet his 60 virgins and the satanic Mohammed

lol
What do you mean ?

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What will the government do to

Street traders?
Agbero and MC oluomo gang?
Public dedicators ?
Reckless dumping of refuse

The fact that Nigeria has the highest number of dirty n uncultured citizens

What will the government do to

Street traders?
Agbero and MC oluomo gang?
Public dedicators ?
Reckless dumping of refuse

The fact that Nigeria has the highest number of dirty n uncultured people

Rubbish

Good
But u don’t have to beg them mr president

Ur confusion did this

I’m following really

yarimo:
Millionaires and billionaires to repaint old houses instead of building new ones

how many have you built?

Len me check lol

So is she the governor of Edo state ?

Lol

Oh really ？

tensazangetsu20:
Mtscheew

lol

Why

It’s better

Peace

PastorOlokonla:
Mumu, during the last elections, what embers did APC and MC Oluomo fan?

Tinubu making appointments from a particular tribe, what embers is he fanning?

The earlier we accept that we are divided along ethnic lines qnd explore the possibility of either a regional government or a seperation the better.

well said

Good news so far

If south west want their resources for only Yoruba people

Why are you guys so obsessed with the resources in South East and South south?

Hypocrites

Johnn87:
lt is not 🚫 bad for the African ex leader to speak his interview with his African language or Hausa AS LONG AS THERE IS COMPULSORY ENGLISH SUBTITLE ; English our Lingua Franca
I am based in Europe , and mi European country no body speaks the language of the English man/English language; from university lectures, to market to newspapers,foreigners have to learn the language inorder to cope well

English is over rated abeg .
I know the English colonised Nigeria just as France 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵colonised some places . If not that Nigeria comprises of different African languages, eh, assuming everybody speaks one language eg biafra nation, yoruba natiion, etc na African languge suppose be lingua franca.

Personally , l fear our African languages will go extinct soon if we continue like this, these our new gen z so so english to speak local language na problem .

I understand your point.
But taking Nigeria for example
We have a multi ethnic population.
English is the official language

NTA is a public station, it has various viewers that cut across different ethnicity
Using Hausa here is totally wrong

This does not make sense

Abi does NTA have only Hausa viewers ?
Other tribes are watching