ChinenyeN:
Which communities did you hear "be" and "hu", if you can recall?

I heard "be" in Osisioma and "hu" in Owerrinta. I have interest in languages so I listen closely when people are speaking in dialects.

odumchi:

Nwanna anyi Yujin, ndeewo o.

Ihe m kwe mepe ebe a wu ka onyenye musa asusu ibe ya di ele aga anyi nawa eme. Na asusu nde a dum digba ebe a, o nke gi ka m ka ghota.

Anwuchile.

Iyẹ, shitẹ la ihyẹ ụfọdụ ndụ shi kọwa, ha shi ẹnwẹrẹ ndụ nna nna anyi shi Arọchukwu. Ọ ya mere i ji hụn shi ụfọdụ ihyẹ mụ la ghụ dẹrẹ la-adakọ.

ifyalways: Ife na eme ebe a aburo obele ife.

1 = ofu/ otu
2= ibuo / abuo 3=Ito / ato
4= ino/ano
5= ise
6= isii
7=isaa/ assa
8=isato/ asato 9=itenani/iteghete
10= iri

That's onicha and central Igbo versions.

1 = Nnaa / Otu
2 = Ibuọ
3 = Itọ
4 = Inọ
5 = Isẹ
6 = Ishii
7 = Isaa
8 = Isatọ
9 = Tẹtẹ
10 = Iri

Abagworo: I heard "be" in Osisioma and "hu" in Owerrinta. I have interest in languages so I listen closely when people are speaking in dialects.

I've never heard "be" or "hu" before, but then again, I am from Obingwa and am mostly surrounded by Obingwa people. That aside, Ngwa ehila. So I cannot discount the possibility of distinct lexicon. What I do know is that "we" is the standard. It is what you will hear in a typical Ngwa setting. The other variant, "wo", has grown in popularity, but is really the lexicon of just a few scattered communities in Isiala Ngwa and Osisioma LGAs (so I've been told).

Yujin: Ndẹmẹ o. Aghotahụm ihyẹ i sụrụ. Biko, kọwara m.

Ihye m suru wu ka i gwara anyi ama ebe i shi ka anyi nwe ike imata. Ndeme.

odumchi: [i]O na ezi na avubeem gi ebe I suru "ha" kama o nwe aga Ngwa inyi a di. Ya mu Ngwa o wu digba icho icho. Amusalam ihe ovuru taa.

[/i]It's true that I've never seen you write "ha" but this your Ngwa dialect is somehow lol: it has many variations. But nevertheless, I've learned something new today.

lol o di nma.

Abagworo: I heard "be" in Osisioma and "hu" in Owerrinta. I have interest in languages so I listen closely when people are speaking in dialects.

Do you remember the statements in which you heard "be" and "hu", while you were in Osisioma and Owerrinta, respectively? If so, could you please post them here?

Yujin:
Iyẹ, shitẹ la ihyẹ ụfọdụ ndụ shi kọwa, ha shi ẹnwẹrẹ ndụ nna nna anyi shi Arọchukwu. Ọ ya mere i ji hụn shi ụfọdụ ihyẹ mụ la ghụ dẹrẹ la-adakọ.

O nwe kwara ike iwu na ezi. Asusu gi di ele nke ndi mpaghara Bende na Ibeku moo Uzuakoli.

In the Aro, Ihe and Ututu dialects, "tell me" is said as "kwuoro m" instead of "gwa m". Are there any other dialects that do the same?

ChinenyeN:
Ihye m suru wu ka i gwara anyi ama ebe i shi ka anyi nwe ike imata. Ndeme.

Oo o. E shi m obodo ndu la elehun echi nze makana onye hiwere obodo anyi la onweya ghu okye Nze. Ya mere eji akpo obodo ahun Umunze. Eben anyi la ekwu makaya du l'ime Anambara.

odumchi: In the Aro, Ihe and Ututu dialects, "tell me" is said as "kwuoro m" instead of "gwa m". Are there any other dialects that do the same?

Ya ghu maka ndu mbeanyi, 'tell me' ghu 'gwa m'. Depending on the context, 'shi m' could be used but not 'kwuoro m'. I ji ma atu: Mgbe ọ hụrụ m, ya shi m(told me).

Yujin:
Ya ghu maka ndu mbeanyi, 'tell me' ghu 'gwa m'. Depending on the context, 'shi m' could be used but not 'kwuoro m'. I ji ma atu: Mgbe ọ hụrụ m, ya shi m(told me).

O di ihe mere ihe a? M ghotala. Ndeewo.

Anyinde chowa ikwu "When he saw me, he told me" anyi ma asi: mgbe o vuru m, ya si m (ma o wuru: mgbe o vuru m ya kwuoro m).

odumchi: In the Aro, Ihe and Ututu dialects, "tell me" is said as "kwuoro m" instead of "gwa m". Are there any other dialects that do the same?

Uzuakoli in Abia State says "kaaru m".

Ihedinobi:

Uzuakoli in Abia State says "kaaru m".

That's interesting. I take it that you're from there?

Another thing that I've noticed is that certain dialects don't say "na".

For example:

English - He told me that he did not see it.
Owere - O shi m shi o huu ya.
Ututu - O si m guma o vuu ya.
Central Igbo - O si m na o hughi ya.

Umu Igbo ibe m, unu gala nohu ngoo? Unu jisie ike. Ufodu olu ndi ala ede ngoo la-aratu m uhu igu, mana aga m igbali guo ha. Mana o nworu ike idu mfe karia ma o buru la nde la-ede la-atapiatu ya la bekee. Lobula o si du, agala m ga igbali igu ma ghota ihe onye obula deru ngoo. Ka awha o duru unu mma mwo! Ndeewo nu.

My Igbo brothers, you're still here? More power to you. I find some of the dialects being written here a bit difficult to read, but I tend to try to read them. But accompanying each writing with some translating might make things a great deal easier. Nonetheless, I will make the effort to read and understand written here. Happy New Year! Greetings.

odumchi:

That's interesting. I take it that you're from there?

Another thing that I've noticed is that certain dialects don't say "na".

For example:

English - He told me that he did not see it.
Owere - O shi m shi o huu ya.
Ututu - O si m guma o vuu ya.
Central Igbo - O si m na o hughi ya.

Yes I am.

Wow, I hadn't noticed that.

Yujin: Oo o. E shi m obodo ndu la elehun echi nze makana onye hiwere obodo anyi la onweya ghu okye Nze. Ya mere eji akpo obodo ahun Umunze. Eben anyi la ekwu makaya du l'ime Anambara.

Whnenania i disi igba to anuu m la Anambra efu ma nmekpahu adiinu. Ndeewo o.

Ihedinobi digh ñña i hie? Okwu gh o bu ke nde ole?

Eze Promo, ngeni ka "sarima awhua ikne" pusara na Ikwere? M ma na "awhua" pusara "avo".

ChinenyeN: Ihedinobi digh ñña i hie? Okwu gh o bu ke nde ole?

M bu onye Uzuakoli, okwu m bu okwu nde ng' ohu. Nde la amaziwhuo ayi la-eche la ayi bu ndi Ngwa.

I come from Uzuakoli, that's the dialect I am writing. People who don't know us well tend to mistake us for Ngwa people.

Ihedinobi: M bu onye Uzuakoli, okwu m bu okwu nde ng' ohu. Nde la amaziwhuo ayi la-eche la ayi bu ndi Ngwa.

I come from Uzuakoli, that's the dialect I am writing. People who don't know us well tend to mistake us for Ngwa people.

Kworo ke l'e ji chehie la unu bu nde Ngwa?

ChinenyeN:
Kworo ke l'e ji chehie la unu bu nde Ngwa?

Onye mazi olu ayi la olu nde Ngwa ga ima la ha labu abuwhuo nge, mana nde la amawhuo la-eche la ha bu otu olu.

Ihedinobi: Onye mazi olu ayi la olu nde Ngwa ga ima la ha labu abuwhuo nge, mana nde la amawhuo la-eche la ha bu otu olu.

hehehe anula m. Ma l'ikwu eziokwu, okwu unu la okwu anyi (abu m onye Ngwa) yituru. O dii m ogozu (not surprised) la a di nde nchehie otua i kara.

Nwanna, Ihedinobi, onwe onye ochie ocho kwuuru m na nde Uzuakoli wu umu Aro; guma inyi wu Aro Uzo. O n'ezi?

My brother, Ihedinobi, an elder told me that Uzuakoli people are Aro descendants and that you guys are Aro diaspora. Is it true?

Egwu di ebea,biko. Onu gbaa kasaa mana eji m nwayo wee gugbado fa ncha nine.
Site na ife Yujin,Chinenye na Ihedinobi na ekwu aghotalu m na onu ndi Ngwa,Uzuakoli na Obodo obodo Yujin yitelu. Mana yujin,kedu onye ebe I bu ? Odi m ka isii na I bu onye Umunze mana aghotasiro m gi,ofuma.

There is fear in this place,please. Dialects abound but I took my time to read every single one of the posts. From what Yujin,Chinenye and Ihedinobi were saying I understand that Ngwa,Uzuakoli and the town where Yujin hails from speaks a similar dialects. But Yujin,where are you from ? I seems like you were saying you are from Umunze but I didn't understand it very well.

odumchi: Nwanna, Ihedinobi, onwe onye ochie ocho kwuuru m na nde Uzuakoli wu umu Aro; guma inyi wu Aro Uzo. O n'ezi?

My brother, Ihedinobi, an elder told me that Uzuakoli people are Aro descendants and that you guys are Aro diaspora. Is it true?

Nwani, anutumbo m nki ohu mbu. Ohamana m maaru gbasara nga ayi si futa bu la nna muru Uzuakoli, nwoke ayi la-akpo Akoli si Isuikwuato kporu ezi l'ulo ya fuo icho nga o ga ino l'udo.

Brother, I haven't heard that before. The extent of my knowledge concerning our origins is that a man called Akoli migrated from Isuikwuato with his household to find a place he could live in peace, this man was our sire.

Ebea ka unu no
na pito si ari
na putu si ari
ne poto


lol

Ihedinobi:

Nwani, anutumbo m nki ohu mbu. Ohamana m maaru gbasara nga ayi si futa bu la nna muru Uzuakoli, nwoke ayi la-akpo Akoli si Isuikwuato kporu ezi l'ulo ya fuo icho nga o ga ino l'udo.

Brother, I haven't heard that before. The extent of my knowledge concerning our origins is that a man called Akoli migrated from Isuikwuato with his household to find a place he could live in peace, this man was our sire.

eeh? Ndeewo. Anula m ya.

salam001: Ebea ka unu no
na pito si ari
na putu si ari
ne poto


lol

Iy wo. Anyi nowa nwa. Ndaa?

*kum kum kum* t'e liala ññanania?

Ndaa je wo

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